Miracle's boys - jacqueline woodson

Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King Award, in Miracles Boys, three young outsiders struggle to make it through when their parents die and leave them to survive on their own.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

From a four-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that theyve lost their parents and its up to eldest brother Tyree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility.

Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team.

But even though Tyree cares, hes just so busy with work and responsibility.

And Charlies changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility.

Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he needs the guidance and answers only his brothers can give him.

The events of one dramatic weekend force the boys to make the choice to be there for each other--to really see each other--or to give in to the pain and problems of every day.