Going Up! Travel as potent as Proust's madeleine

as potent as Proust's madeleine

and steely determination

and community leaders must approach education with the imagination

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s stirring novel explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed

Going Up! Travel as potent as Proust's madeleineToday is Olive's birthday party, and Sophie and her dad have baked cookies. Sophie's dad holds the platter so Sophie can push the elevator button for the tenth floor. But on the way up, the elevator stops to let the Santucci brothers get on. Then on the next floor, Vicky, Babs and their dog, Norman, get in. And as the elevator ascends, it keeps stopping, and more neighbors squeeze in to the crowded space: the Habibs, the Flores family, Mr. Kwan, Vi