A-Train Allen (Own Voices, Own Stories)

by Lesley Younge (Author) Lonnie Ollivierre (Illustrator)

A-Train Allen (Own Voices, Own Stories)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Everyone in the neighborhood knows Allen is the fastest kid around. As soon as school lets out, he's racing through the park, past the library, and down the sidewalks. They call him A-Train because he's practically faster than the subway. ZOOM! But where is Allen off to every afternoon? "Got somewhere to be! Got somewhere to be!" he calls.

Race through the city with A-Train and discover what finally gets him to slow down. An Own Voices, Own Stories Grand Prize winner.

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Kirkus Reviews

A sweet tale worth slowing down to read.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781534111837
Lexile Measure
620
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Publication date
March 20, 2023
Series
Own Voices, Own Stories
BISAC categories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV023000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
Grandmothers
Picture books
Grandparent and child

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