From the Notebooks of Melanin SunBy: Jacqueline Woodson A Coretta Scott King Honor Book Three time Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson explores race and sexuality through the eyes of a compelling narrator Melanin Sun has a lot to say. But sometimes it's hard to speak his mind, so he fills up notebooks with his thoughts instead. He writes about his mom a lot they're about as close as they can be, because they have no other family. So when she suddenly tells him she's gay, his