A Newbery Honor Book
A beautiful and moving novel from a three-time Newbery Honor-winning author
Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People¡¯s Literature

¡°Hope is the thing with feathers¡± starts the poem Frannie is reading in school. Frannie hasn¡¯t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more ¡°holy.¡± There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he¡¯s not white. Who is he?
During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie starts seeing a lot of things in a new light?her brother Sean¡¯s deafness, her mother¡¯s fear, the class bully¡¯s anger, her best friend¡¯s faith and her own desire for ¡°the thing with feathers.¡±

Jacqueline Woodson once again takes readers on a journey into a young girl¡¯s heart and reveals the pain and the joy of learning to look beneath the surface.