D Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before he died.
The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the girls envious. Although all of them are crazy about Tupac Shakur's rap music, D is the one who truly understands the place where he's coming from, and through knowing D, Tupac's lyrics become more personal for all of them.
The girls are thirteen when D's mom swoops in to reclaim D - and as magically as she appeared, she now disappears from their lives. Tupac is gone, too, after another shooting; this time fatal. As the narrator looks back, she sees lives suspended in time, and realizes that even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply.
The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the girls envious. Although all of them are crazy about Tupac Shakur's rap music, D is the one who truly understands the place where he's coming from, and through knowing D, Tupac's lyrics become more personal for all of them.
The girls are thirteen when D's mom swoops in to reclaim D - and as magically as she appeared, she now disappears from their lives. Tupac is gone, too, after another shooting; this time fatal. As the narrator looks back, she sees lives suspended in time, and realizes that even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply.
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Hardback Editions
April 2009 : Library Binding
| Title: After Tupac and D Foster Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 1-4395-9311-6 / 978-1-4395-9311-0 Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Hardback
| Title: After Tupac and D Foster (Newbery Honor Book) Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 0-399-24654-1 / 978-0-399-24654-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Young Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2010 : Paperback
| Title: After Tupac and D Foster Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 0-14-241399-2 / 978-0-14-241399-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Speak Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
July 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: After Tupac & D Foster Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 1-4233-9804-1 / 978-1-4233-9804-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
July 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: After Tupac & D Foster Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 1-4233-9805-X / 978-1-4233-9805-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
July 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: After Tupac & D Foster Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 1-4233-9806-8 / 978-1-4233-9806-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: After Tupac & D Foster Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 1-4233-9807-6 / 978-1-4233-9807-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
July 2009 : Unknown
| Title: After Tupac & D. Foster [With Earbuds] (Playaway Young Adult) Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson ISBN: 1-60847-749-5 / 9781608477494 (USA edition) Publisher: Playaway Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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