Blues Journey Cover:Hardcover 12 year-old New York city

12 year-old New York city kid Santi is heading upstate

he ends up with a big lump on his head

• 2014 Notable Children

She was a pillar of steel with a heart of gold—all wrapped up in feathers

She discovers that the Oankali—a seemingly benevolent alien race—intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago

Blues Journey Cover:Hardcover 12 year-old New York cityThe blues aren't all sad. There's joy in the blues as well as heartbreak. Love discovered. Love lost. Love just around the corner. In this beautiful tribute to the poetry and art of the blues, renowned author Walter Dean Myers collaborates with his son, award winning illustrator Christopher Myers, in a true masterpiece of picture book creation filled with struggle, grief, hope, joy, and love. Each original blues style verse on a page calls out a