Junebug and the Reverend
Junebug and the Reverend by Alice Mead is a First Edition published by Farrar Straus and Giroux in 1998. This 185-page book continues the story of Junebug as he and his mother transition from their New Haven housing project to a new neighborhood. In this new environment, Junebug faces different challenges, including dealing with bullies and forming new friendships, particularly with a white boy at school and the elderly residents of their apartment building.
Readers will find that Junebug’s journey is marked by valuable life lessons learned from Reverend Ashford and martial-arts skills acquired from Rosalie Williams. The narrative explores themes of friendship, family, and social dynamics, highlighting Junebug’s experiences as he navigates his new surroundings. This edition presents a thoughtful continuation of Junebug’s story, emphasizing the importance of connection and resilience in the face of adversity.
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The sequel to Junebug.
Junebug and his mother move from their New Haven housing project to a new neighborhood, where he encounters, not the drug lords and gangs of old, but ubiquitous, run-of-the-mill bullies. With his friends so far away, who will stand by him? The only other kid at school who seems to need a buddy is a helpless white boy. And all the people in the small apartment building to which Junebug’s family has moved are elderly patients his mother supervises.
Then Junebug’s mother insists that Junebug walk cranky old Reverend Ashford every morning. And through Junebug’s little sister, Tasha, he becomes close to frail-looking Rosalie Williams. From one, Junebug learns valuable life lessons; from the other, key martial-arts moves. Thanks to them both, he discovers that danger may be everywhere, but so is friendship. The second book about Junebug is as compelling and heartwarming as the first, which was named to six state master lists.
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