Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Pena Illustrated by: Christian Robinson Lexile: AD610 Genre: Realistic Fiction Awards: John Newberry Award, Caldecott Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor CJ and his nana ride the bus across town on Sundays all the way to the last stop on Market Street. CJ's not very happy about it. He wants to know why he doesn't have all the things that other people have. His nana encourages him to find the beauty in the things that he does have by opening his eyes to the wonders that exist around him.