Before the Ever After Young Adult Fiction Social Themes - Emigration Unfurling the history of Melody's

Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents to show how they all arrived at this moment

Hardcover / Paperback - "This book should be required reading for everyone

and The World Needs More Purple People

sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them

Before the Ever After Young Adult Fiction Social Themes - Emigration Unfurling the history of Melody'sNational Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel in verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies. For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but