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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The oldest of three brothers goes to work full time instead of going to college in an effort to keep them all together after their mother dies. The middle child ends up going to a correctional facility and comes back a stranger to the other two.This book may be especially appealing to African American and Latino boys since the main characters are from those two ethnic backgrounds. In general, the book is apropriate for all middle school readers and may appeal to some high school readers. (  ) iecj | Jul 9, 2009 |  Three teenaged brothers are orphaned when their mother dies of complications with diabetes. They struggle to survive and make good choices under the care and instruction of their older brother Tyree. (  ) rfewell | Jan 27, 2009 | Woodson, Jacqueline. MIRACLE'S BOYS. New York : Puffin Books, 2008. Source: Coretta Scott King Award Subject Headings: Realistic Fiction, Brothers, Gangs, Death, Family Age: 13-18 Review: Award winning author Jacqueline Woodson tells the story of a family over the course of a day. Told from the perspective of 12 year old Lafayette, the reader learns how Lafeyette's eldest brother Ty'ree isn't going to school so he can take care of him and Charlie. Lafayette doesn't take much, but Charlie has been in a whole world of trouble. Ever since their Mom died, Charlie has been a reck and tonight he will push the bounds of his family one more time. Will the brother's stick together, or will everything fall apart? Concerns: No concerns come immediately to mind, although I suppose a parent may object to the reference to gang violence, but the story is short, insightful, well told and has a happy ending, what more can people ask for? Ideas: Ask students to discuss which brother is their favorite and why. Each brother has handled their family's struggles in a different way, teachers/librarians could ask students to discuss if they think their favorite brother handled challenges well and if they didn't how come? ( ) gmonaghan | Nov 5, 2008 | Notes: Story of three boys raising themselves after their parents die. Living in Harlem the normal challenges of growing up are compounded by the guilt and responsibility of being orphans. Excellent book, would recommend to younger, 12 and up. elslibrary | Dec 5, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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"This isn't art," I said. "It's our block! It's our life."
If only, if only... Life is full of poignant hypotheticals for Ty'ree, Charlie, and Lafayette, three brothers who are raising themselves after they lost their father to a drowning accident and their mother to diabetes. Each boy deals with his grief in his own way: the oldest, Ty'ree, has given up his dreams of college to work full time to support the others. Charlie is slipping into a life of crime, and is just back, angry and alienated, from two years at a correctional facility. Lafayette, the youngest brother, has retreated inward, avoiding his friends and blaming himself for his mother's death. These three are struggling against pretty large odds, but "brother to brother to brother," they can survive.
Jacqueline Woodson writes with a sure hand and true understanding of the complexity and depth of young people's lives. Winner of many awards for her novels, including two Coretta Scott King Honors (for From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun and I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This), she tells a captivating, honest story. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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