Locomotion by Woodson, Jacqueline

Title: Locomotion

Author: Woodson, Jacqueline

Publisher: Recorded Books

Reader: JD Jackson

Comments

CIP Information In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.

I tend to use audio books for books I wouldn’t normally get around to reading. I like to listen to them when I drive back and forth to South Dakota. I have eight and a half hours to work with.

This book has been on my reading list for quite some time. I don’t think I would have gotten it read any other way. The reader really makes this book, JD Jackson performed Lonnie perfectly. The poems are real. They open a window and let us into Lonnie’s life. We see what it is like for him in his school. He has to fight to see his sister. His parents died in a fire about three years before the book takes place.

I love when authors write books that show readers that poetry can be cool or can help ease emotions. It was a good book and I recommend it for anyone working with poetry and the possible reluctant writers. But my favorite is still Love That Dog by Sharon Creech.