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Lesa Cline-Ransome

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Malden, The United States

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http://www.lesaclineransome.com/

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Children's, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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September 2009

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The vacation season has arrived and I haven’t booked a thing. Not even considered lounging on sun-kissed beaches or hiking wondrous trails. To be honest, those were rarely the vacations that a family of six embarked upon. Our vacations were more car than Caribbean affairs, where we’d pack a cooler, fill up the gas tank of our Suburban,

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Miami, Florida vacation, 2009

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Average rating: 4.27 · 17,029 ratings · 3,691 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Finding Langston 4.31 avg rating — 5,229 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before She was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Goodreads Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) 4.49 avg rating — 2,444 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Big Open Sky 4.12 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Goodreads Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Lamb 4.50 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaving Lymon 4.34 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Goodreads Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Goodreads Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Goodreads Author), John Parra (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.32 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Goodreads Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

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“It's better to read in the library. Sitting at my favorite table by the window reading and listening to the sound of other folks turning pages makes me feel like I'm in a house full of company I don't have to talk to.”
― Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston

tags: library, reading

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“The lady said the Langston who wrote these words is a poet. Seems more like a magician to me, pulling words from my heart I never knew I had" -Langston”
― Lesa Cline-Ransome, Finding Langston

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“...(he) had his own set of rules: "ride clean and ride fair." Asked by reporters how he managed to keep calm despite the attacks by other cyclists, Marshall answered, "I simply ride away.”
― Lesa Cline-Ransome, Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist

tags: cyclist, rules-to-live-by, sportsmanship, velodrome

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When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

37 votes 24.7%

Quintessence by Jess Redman

27 votes 18.0%

Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

21 votes 14.0%

Wink by Rob Harrell

18 votes 12.0%

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (write-in)

14 votes 9.3%

Leaving Lymon by Lesa Cline-Ransome

13 votes 8.7%

Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

10 votes 6.7%

Quintessence by Jess Redman (write-in)

2 votes 1.3%

Efrén Divided (write-in)

2 votes 1.3%

The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (write-in)

2 votes 1.3%

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Clan by Sigmund Brouwer (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Show Me a Sign (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Quintessence (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

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