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After Tupac and D Foster

by Jacqueline Woodson

A lot can happen to three girls in a two-year period — especially when the rap music of Tupac Shakur is the glue holding them together.

Eleven-year-old Neeka and her best friend try to make sense of their world when they lose their other best friend and their favorite musician, Tupac Shakur.

2009 Newbery Honor Book

Ages: 11, 12, 13
Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6
Lexile Measure: 750L
Book Type: Chapter Book
Number of Pages: 153
Genre: Realistic Fiction

About the Author

Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson an award-winning author of books for young adults, including Last Summer With Maizon, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, and From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun.