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Belle, The Last Mule at Gee's Bend
A Civil Rights Story
Written by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud
Illustrated by John Holyfield
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $15.99
A true story inspires the moving tale of a mule that played a key role in the civil rights movement-- and a young boy who sees history anew.
Sitting on a bench waiting for his mother, Alex spies a mule chomping on greens in someone's garden, and he can't help but ask... Read more >
A Civil Rights Story
Written by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud
Illustrated by John Holyfield
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $15.99
A true story inspires the moving tale of a mule that played a key role in the civil rights movement-- and a young boy who sees history anew.
Sitting on a bench waiting for his mother, Alex spies a mule chomping on greens in someone's garden, and he can't help but ask... Read more >
Nightjohn
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $6.99
"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." -- Nightjohn
"I didn't know what letters was... Read more >
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $6.99
"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." -- Nightjohn
"I didn't know what letters was... Read more >
Sarny
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $5.99
Many readers of Nightjohn have wanted to know what happened to Sarny, the young slave whom Nightjohn taught to read. Here is Sarny's story, from the moment she leaves the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Her search... Read more >
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $5.99
Many readers of Nightjohn have wanted to know what happened to Sarny, the young slave whom Nightjohn taught to read. Here is Sarny's story, from the moment she leaves the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Her search... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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White Water
Written by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein and Shadra Strickland
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $16.99
For a young boy growing up in the segregated south, a town drinking fountain becomes the source of an epiphany.
It's a scorching hot day, and going into town with Grandma is one of Michael's favorite things. When the bus pulls up, they climb in and pay their fare, get out, walk... Read more >
Written by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein and Shadra Strickland
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $16.99
For a young boy growing up in the segregated south, a town drinking fountain becomes the source of an epiphany.
It's a scorching hot day, and going into town with Grandma is one of Michael's favorite things. When the bus pulls up, they climb in and pay their fare, get out, walk... Read more >
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Ghetto Cowboy
Written by G. Neri
Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.99
A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way. Read more >
Written by G. Neri
Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.99
A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Julian, Secret Agent
Written by Ann Cameron
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2011
Price: $4.99
Secret agents Julian, Huey, and Gloria are already heroes. They have rescued a dog and saved a toddler from drowning. But what they really want is to nab a real-live bank robber. Just when it looks like they might catch the crook, the police chief steps in. The supersleuths find that... Read more >
Written by Ann Cameron
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2011
Price: $4.99
Secret agents Julian, Huey, and Gloria are already heroes. They have rescued a dog and saved a toddler from drowning. But what they really want is to nab a real-live bank robber. Just when it looks like they might catch the crook, the police chief steps in. The supersleuths find that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Who Will I Be Lord?
Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illustrated by Sean Qualls
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2011
Price: $10.99
A lyrical story about how looking back is helpful when you start looking forward. . . .
A young girl thoughtfully considers her family tree and the vibrant ancestors who populate it. As each family member’s story is revealed, her quiet meditation—about what kind of person she’ll be when she grows up—transforms... Read more >
Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illustrated by Sean Qualls
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2011
Price: $10.99
A lyrical story about how looking back is helpful when you start looking forward. . . .
A young girl thoughtfully considers her family tree and the vibrant ancestors who populate it. As each family member’s story is revealed, her quiet meditation—about what kind of person she’ll be when she grows up—transforms... Read more >
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A la Carte
Written by Tanita S. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $8.99
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAINEY DREAMS of becoming a world famous chef one day and maybe even having her own cooking show. (Do you know how many African American female chefs there aren’t? And how many vegetarian chefs have their own shows? The field is wide open for stardom!) But when her best friend—and... Read more >
Written by Tanita S. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $8.99
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAINEY DREAMS of becoming a world famous chef one day and maybe even having her own cooking show. (Do you know how many African American female chefs there aren’t? And how many vegetarian chefs have their own shows? The field is wide open for stardom!) But when her best friend—and... Read more >
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The Other Half of My Heart
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $6.99
The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.
When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black... Read more >
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2011
Price: $6.99
The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.
When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black... Read more >
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Julian, Dream Doctor
Written by Ann Cameron
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2011
Price: $4.99
"If Julian has not already won readers' hearts with his [earlier] exploits, he will here when he tries to find out his father's secret dream for a birthday present. Surprised at hearing his father mumble 'two snakes,' Julian duly catches and presents them, only to discover that snakes are his father's... Read more >
Written by Ann Cameron
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2011
Price: $4.99
"If Julian has not already won readers' hearts with his [earlier] exploits, he will here when he tries to find out his father's secret dream for a birthday present. Surprised at hearing his father mumble 'two snakes,' Julian duly catches and presents them, only to discover that snakes are his father's... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Carmen
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José... Read more >
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
Carmen
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José... Read more >
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $16.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Carmen
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $19.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José... Read more >
Adapted by Walter Dean Myers
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 160 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $19.99
Into the summer heat of New York’s Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He’s not like the gansta types she knows—tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José... Read more >
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A Place Where Hurricanes Happen
Written by Renee Watson
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2011
Price: $10.99
Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching free-verse picture book provides a straightforward account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define... Read more >
Written by Renee Watson
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2011
Price: $10.99
Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching free-verse picture book provides a straightforward account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
hardcover library binding.
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Mare's War
Written by Tanita S. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $9.99
Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American Battalion of the Women's Army Corps. Now she is driving her... Read more >
Written by Tanita S. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $9.99
Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American Battalion of the Women's Army Corps. Now she is driving her... Read more >
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Teenie
Written by Christopher Grant
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $16.99
High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her... Read more >
Written by Christopher Grant
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $16.99
High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her... Read more >
Teenie
Written by Christopher Grant
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $8.99
High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her... Read more >
Written by Christopher Grant
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $8.99
High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her... Read more >
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Teenie
Written by Christopher Grant
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $19.99
High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her... Read more >
Written by Christopher Grant
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $19.99
High school freshman Martine (Teenie for short) is a good student, with a bright future ahead of her. She's desperate to be accepted into a prestigious study abroad program in Spain so that she can see what life is like beyond the streets of Brooklyn. She wouldn't mind escaping from her... Read more >
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The Dark-Thirty
Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $6.99
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing, suspenseful, and breathtakingly original, these tales make up a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $6.99
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing, suspenseful, and breathtakingly original, these tales make up a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Zora and Me
Written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $16.99
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!
Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston.
Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation... Read more >
Written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $16.99
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!
Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston.
Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Place Where Hurricanes Happen
Written by Renee Watson
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2010
Price: $17.99
Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching free-verse picture book provides a straightforward account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define... Read more >
Written by Renee Watson
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2010
Price: $17.99
Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching free-verse picture book provides a straightforward account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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A Place Where Hurricanes Happen
Written by Renee Watson
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2010
Price: $20.99
Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching free-verse picture book provides a straightforward account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define... Read more >
Written by Renee Watson
Illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: June 22, 2010
Price: $20.99
Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching free-verse picture book provides a straightforward account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define... Read more >
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The Other Half of My Heart
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $6.99
The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.
When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black... Read more >
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $6.99
The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.
When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Other Half of My Heart
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $16.99
The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.
When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black... Read more >
Written by Sundee T. Frazier
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $16.99
The close relationship of a pair of biracial twins is tested when their grandmother enters them in a pageant for African American girls in this new story from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Sundee T. Frazier.
When Minerva and Keira King were born, they made headlines: Keira is black... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Riot
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $8.99
As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft... Read more >
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $8.99
As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines.
During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
