Fleming Community Library

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.

This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.

Humorous, rhyming text provides alternating viewpoints on the many things that are wrong, and some things that are probably okay, about girls and boys.