Miracle's Boys

Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson is a 2000 Fiction & Literature book written by TED speaker Jacqueline Woodson, paired here with the talk they gave.

The pairing

  • Paired talk: "What reading slowly taught me about writing" (2019), 3.2M views on TED.com
  • Timing: Published 19 years before the talk.
  • In the catalogue: The 5th of 10 books by Jacqueline Woodson on Books Worth Reading (1994–2018), by publication year.
  • Edition: Speak, 2000 · 133 pages

The paired TED talk

What reading slowly taught me about writing (2019), the TED talk by Jacqueline Woodson.

From the publisher

Lafayette would do anything to have things back the way they used to be—back before their parents died and back before his brother Charlie changed so much. But things have changed and all he can do now is ask why.... Why did Mama have to die? Why does Charlie hate him so much? And how are the three brothers—Miracle's boys—supposed to survive when so much seems to be stacked against them?

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