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City Summer, Country Summer

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This title will be released on 01/04/2025. Pre-order now.

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City Summer, Country Summer Synopsis

A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.

On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable.

Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coulds of sharing the kind of freeing friendship that is love.

Watched over and given space to discover by Grandmama and Mama Lara, New York, Country, and little C find camaraderie in their contrasts and all the unspoken things between them while playing games of marco polo in the thick garden and sledding on cardboard by the underpass.

With text brimming with love by award-winning author Kiese Laymon and deeply evocative illustrations by Alexis Franklin, City Summer, Country Summer illuminates the tenuous and tender bonds of friendship Black boys forge with one another.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780593405567
Publication date: 1st April 2025
Author: Kiese Laymon
Illustrator: Alexis Franklin
Publisher: Kokila an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 32 pages
Genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rural and farm life