Irving and Billy strike up
random conversation with
people on the street, the ladies
at the bingo hall, restaurant patrons, a male strip
club, and even a gang of motorcycle riders.
The Dream of America by Jacqueline Woodson Nancy Paulsen • August 28 National Ambassador for Young
People's Literature Woodson takes a cue from The Breakfast
Club in her upcoming novel centered on a group of six vastly different middle school classmates who are thrown together — seemingly
at random — by their teacher.