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Moonwalking
Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Illustrator: David Cooper
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-31437-8
Keywords: 1981, Ronald Reagan, FAA Strike, adolescence, allyship, art, autism/ASD, BIPOC, child neglect, children of single parents, city life, depression, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, mental illness, unemployment, Puerto Rico, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Polish Solidarity movement, the Clash (rock band)
JJ, white, grandson of Polish immigrants, and Pierre, mixed-race straight-A student and secret graffiti artist, warily start a tentative friendship. Told in two voices. Various verse forms. Spot illustrations. Author's note and sources.