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Coming On Home Soon

Ada Ruth stays with her grandmother while her mother heads up to Chicago to work. Although she feels at home with grandma, Ada Ruth misses her mother terribly. She keeps waiting for the letter from her that tells them she will be “coming on home soon.” As the days go by slowly, Ada Ruth begins to realize that her grandmother misses her mother as much as she does. Set during World War II, Jacqueline Woodson’s poetic text is filled with longing, while E. B. Lewis’s realistic watercolor paintings give a sense of the immense loneliness both Ada Ruth and her grandmother feel. Honor Book, 2005 Charlotte Zolotow Award ©2005 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by E. B. Lewis

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8
Age Range: PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7) Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: African Americans Grandmothers Historical Fiction Mothers Separation Work and Labor World War II
Diversity subject: Black/African

Publisher: Putnam
Publish Year: 2004
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0399237488

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Woodson

Coming On Home Soon