Rite of Passage Cover:Paperback " –JACQUELINE WOODSON

" –JACQUELINE WOODSON

She’s spent summers in California for as long as she can remember

the family table still feels cozy to sit around

You can only hide from your nightmares for so long

Rite of Passage Cover:Paperback " –JACQUELINE WOODSON"Johnny, you're leaving us tonight . . . " Fifteen year old Johnny Gibbs does, well in school, respects his teachers, and loves his family. Then suddenly, with a few short words, his idyllic life is shattered. He learns that the family he has loved all his life is not his own, but a foster family. And now he is being sent to live with someone else. Shocked by the news, Johnny does the only thing he can think of: he runs. Leaving his childhood behind