Título: The Lucky Ones
Autor: Linda Williams Jackson
Sinopse: Good Housekeeping Magazine's BEST 50 KIDS' Books of All Time
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2022 New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize Finalist
2023 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Youth Book Award Winner
Award-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family—and to be someone.
It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's going to grow up to be a teacher or a lawyer—or maybe both—and live in a big brick house in town. There'll always be enough food in the icebox, and his mama won't have to run herself ragged looking for work as a maid in order to support Ellis Earl and his eight siblings and niece, Vera. So Ellis Earl applies himself at school, soaking up the lessons that Mr. Foster teaches his class—particularly those about famous colored people like Mr. Thurgood Marshall and Miss Marian Wright—and borrowing books from his teacher's bookshelf. When Mr. Foster presents him with a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ellis Earl is amazed to encounter a family that's even worse off than his own—and is delighted by the Buckets' very happy ending. But when Mama tells Ellis Earl that he might need to quit school to help support the family, he wonders if happy endings are only possible in storybooks. Around the historical touchstone of Robert Kennedy's southern "poverty tour," Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell a detail-rich and poignant story with memorable characters, sure to resonate with readers who have ever felt constricted by their circumstances.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Lucky Ones”, de Linda Williams Jackson, publicado pela editora Candlewick, em 2023 e com 320 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Candlewick
Páginas: 320
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1536233102
ISBN13: 9781536233100
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Candlewick apresentam uma variedade de narrativas que transitam entre o humor sutil e o lirismo profundo, com frequente atenção a personagens jovens em situações de descoberta e transformação. A experiência de leitura varia entre aventuras contemporâneas com desafios emocionais, como o enfrentamento do medo e da perda, e obras que exploram temas históricos ou fantásticos com ritmo envolvente e atmosfera detalhada. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por histórias que combinam elementos de mistério, fantasia e realismo, muitas vezes com um tom acessível para leitores juvenis, mas que também dialogam com questões universais e complexas.
