Being Clem

Name: Being Clem
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN: 9781666536607

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Series: The Finding Langston Trilogy #3

Narrator: Dion Graham

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/03/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, African American & Black Stories, Historical Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Clem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home—and himself. Can he live up to his father's legacy? In her award-winning trilogy, Lesa Cline-Ransome masterfully recreates mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of three boys: Langston, Lymon, and, now, Clem. Exploring the impact of the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow laws, and much more, Lesa's work manages at once to be both an intimate portrait of each boy and his family as well as a landscape of American history.

About Lesa Cline-Ransome

Lesa Cline-Ransome is an award-winning writer and editor who has written more than ten picture books for children, including two ALA Notable books. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, she holds a Master's Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from NYU. Based in Rhinebeck, New York, she is married to artist and illustrator James E. Ransome, with whom she frequently collaborates.

About Dion Graham

Dion Graham is a multiple Audie award–winning narrator and a critically acclaimed actor who has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series, including HBO's The Wire. His performances have been praised as thoughtful, compelling, vivid, and full of life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on July 19, 2021

Our trilogy is complete. Clemson Thurber is in the spotlight with Lymon and Langston in the 7th grade classroom with him. After Clemson's father dies in the Port Chicago disaster, there are changes at home. His mom has to find full-time work to support their family. Clem's older sisters rule the roo......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on October 14, 2021

I absolutely loved this companion to Finding Langston and Leaving Lymon. I listened to all 3 of these books on audio and the narration by Dion Graham is exquisite and definitely adds to the reading experience. In comparison to the other 2 books in this companion series, this one didn't have as linea......more

Goodreads review by Joy on August 12, 2021

Not as strong (for me) as Finding Langston and Leaving Lymon, but I still fell in love with and felt for sweet Clem, who wanted to be like his father, but didn’t know how his father used to be before he died in the Port Chicago explosion in 1944 when he was nine.......more

Goodreads review by Christi on July 15, 2021

Being Clem is the third book in a trilogy, it is the first book of said trilogy that I have read and it worked completely as a stand alone. Being Clem is a great coming of age (up to middle school) story for young Clem starting with the loss of his father at Port Chicago. He lives in Chicago with his......more

Goodreads review by Gina on April 06, 2022

The 3rd book in the Finding Langston trilogy. This book was another touching, sweet, heart felt book that is a pleasure to read! I definitely think I’ll be adding this series to our home library eventually.......more