Pat McKissack

Fredrick McKissack

Peter Glassman

Hugh Lofting

Michael Hague

Presents the adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

John Patrick McKissack

On the run from a bounty hunter who arrested her mother for being part of a secret society devoted to freeing clones, 13-year-old Leanna learns amazing truths about herself and her family as she is forced to consider the value of freedom and what it really means to be human in 2170 America.

The Clone Codes

Seventeen-year-old Houston, a cyborg since the age of seven, and a fugitive living on the Moon, joins with other cyborgs all over the world in non-violent protest marches to challenge the Cyborg Act 2130 and hopefully secure increased civil liberties.

Cyborg

An urgent decree by the World Federation of Nations to track down fugitive cyborg Houston Ye and clone Leanna Deberry leads to revelations about the secret operations within the Topas Corporation.

The Visitors

One of the most celebrated writers of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes incorporated the rhythms, sounds, and language of Harlem into his poems. Give your readers a fascinating introduction to this talent.

Great American Poet

Langston Hughes

Presents incidents from the life of Moses, such as his being discovered as a baby by Pharaoh's daughter and his receiving God's laws on Mount Sinai.

Look what You've Done Now, Moses

The moving story of the courage and solidarity that helped shape the history of African Americans explains how the actions of the train workers fraternity helped change the way of labor and the civil rights movement in this country. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Reprint.

The Story of the Pullman Porter

A Long Hard Journey

Patricia C. McKissack

Traces the history of the Negro leagues that evolved due to segregation in professional baseball up to the 1950s

The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues

Black Diamond

Patricia McKissack

Examines the civilizations of the Western Sudan which flourished from 700 to 1700 A.D., acquiring such vast wealth that they became centers of trade and culture for a continent.

Life in Medieval Africa

The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay

A biography of the black playwright who received great recognition for her work at an early age.

A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry

Young, Black, and Determined

Profiles the life of Sojourner Truth, born a slave and later freed, who dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for African Americans and women.

A Voice for Freedom

Sojourner Truth

Recounts the life of the author and civil rights leader who blazed a trail for racial equality and human rights through his songs, poems, speeches, and other writings.

"Lift Every Voice and Sing"

James Weldon Johnson

Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

Fredrick McKissack

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