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Before the Ever After

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By Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher Penguin
Before the Ever After
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Description National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodsons stirring novel explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed. For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyones hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, hes as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJs house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJs mom explains its because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand thatbut it doesnt make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions a...

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18395 words18,395 words
176 pages176 pages
Lexile 780LLexile 780L
Grade 6 to 8Grade 6 to 8
Published 2020Published 2020

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9780399545436

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