The stars beneath our feet
https://library.prcvi.org/link/catalog29925
Moore, David Barclay.
2018.
Grades: 07, 08, 09, 10.
- Material Type
- Large Print
- Author
- Moore, David Barclay
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press
- Date Published
- 2018
- Curriculum Area
- Language Arts
- Subjects
- Christmas - Fiction
- Brothers - Fiction
- Gangs - Fiction
- Grief - Fiction
- Mothers and sons - Fiction
- Material Type
- Large Print
- Collation
- 1 volume : 16 point font : hardcover ; 22 cm
- Pages
- 339 print pages
- ISBN
- 9781432849160
- Abstract
- It’s Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom aren’t celebrating. They’re still reeling from his older brother’s death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. Then Lolly’s mother’s girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. Lolly’s always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward. His path isn’t clear—and the pressure to join a “crew,” as his brother did, is always there. When Lolly and his friend are beaten up and robbed, joining a crew almost seems like the safe choice. But building a fantastical Lego city at the community center provides Lolly with an escape—and an unexpected bridge back to the world.