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Finding Langston
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Narrated by Dion Graham
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In this powerful story about the Great Migration, a boy discovers Chicago’s postwar South Side, a library that welcomes everyone, and the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Author
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of many picture books, including Young Pele: Soccer’s First Star and Light in the Darkness. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family.
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