New York: Henry Holt, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which chronicles through poems the emotions of a family that is slowly learning to heal and put the pieces back together - especially thirteen-year-old C.J. who is struggling to understand why his father walked out - and why he came back - and finds it hard to give up his anger. Illustrated with paintings by E. B. Lewis. A 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book. SIGNED on the title page by the illustrator, E. B. Lewis with the words "love is reading together!" and a drawing of a small heart. 74 pp. ISBN: 978-0805072020.