Lena
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Lena
Narrated by:
Rebecca H. Lee
Buy Now for ₹377.22
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Narrated by:
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Rebecca H. Lee
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Written by:
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Jacqueline Woodson
“Soulful, wise, and sometimes wrenching, this taut story never loses its grip on the reader.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Once again, Woodson writes with excruciating clarity . . . and leaves readers encouraged by humanity’s potential for insight, compassion, and hope.”—School Library Journal
At the end of I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Marie’s friend Lena and her little sister Dion run away to escape their abusive father, leaving Marie full of longing and readers full of questions. Now those questions are answered.
For years, Lena silently endured abuse at the hands of her father. But when he starts showing interest in her younger sister, Dion, she knows they have to get away. So one night they set out, disguised as boys, in search of their mother’s relatives. They don’t know what they’ll find when they get there, and they don’t know who to trust along the way; but they do know that somehow they’ve got to find a place that they can call home.
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Critic Reviews
"This taut story never loses its grip on the reader."--Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Lena's rough voice . . . speaks eloquently for the tenacity of the human spirit. . . . Once again, Woodson writes . . . about difficult issues of childhood and leaves readers encouraged by humanity's potential for insight, compassion and hope."--School Library Journal
"A tender and loving story of . . . encountering much goodness in the world as well as ultimately a place to belong in it."--The Bulletin, Recommended
"Lena's rough voice . . . speaks eloquently for the tenacity of the human spirit. . . . Once again, Woodson writes . . . about difficult issues of childhood and leaves readers encouraged by humanity's potential for insight, compassion and hope."--School Library Journal
"A tender and loving story of . . . encountering much goodness in the world as well as ultimately a place to belong in it."--The Bulletin, Recommended
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