Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of more than twenty books for young readers including the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy. Her work has received a plethora of honors, including dozens of starred reviews, NAACP Image Award nominations, a Coretta Scott King honor, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and a Christopher Award. Her work has been named to ALA Notable Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book lists and she lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York.
"An essential read for anybody wanting to understand the Black
experience and the love and pain that travels through the
generations."—The New York Times
★ "Unendingly powerful, the story and characters are
unforgettable."—School Library Journal, Starred Review
★ "Cline-Ransome deftly creates unforgettable characters, each with
a distinct voice, and exposes readers to the oppressive racism of
the Jim Crow South. . . . This standalone novel is a devastating
page-turner that tells an all-too-realistic story."— The Horn Book,
Starred Review
★ "Told with nuance and subtlety, this is a powerful story of
striving to succeed in the face of nearly impossible
odds."—Booklist, Starred Review
★ "Cline-Ransome depicts injustice and violence with a perfect
balance of brutality and sensitivity. She particularly excels at
portraying the nuances of relationships and character motivations,
which are often at odds. . . . For Lamb is a heartbreaking novel
that will leave readers with a visceral understanding of
history."—BookPage, Starred Review
"In lyrical prose that displays adroit attention to historical
detail, Cline-Ransome empathetically renders a perpetually
optimistic protagonist whose hopeful outlook lends heartbreaking
resonance to the narrative’s dark themes.)"—Publishers Weekly
"The voices of the characters complement each other, and the
movement through narrators creates space for the readers to breathe
so that the tension that fills the book from the very first page
doesn’t completely overwhelm. An important and resolute depiction
of the inhumanity of a still potent problem."—Kirkus Reviews
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