A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) First Second photographed in a three-dimensional stage

photographed in a three-dimensional stage diorama and hand-colored

Reynolds and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon

and feels an instant spark

and some clever misdirection will keep readers glued to their seats

an experience that only happens because he's a quilt

A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) First Second photographed in a three-dimensional stageNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. "An instant classic." Chicago Tribune A majestic, moving novel an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), from the critically