Search Results: Returned 8 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 8
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1997., Houghton Mifflin Call No: 739.472 LYONS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of this African-American artist, the great-grandson of slaves, who has achieved fame and admiration for his ornamental wrought-iron creations.
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2020., Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: FANTASY F COR Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. On top of all that, Evvie's magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. Her family calls it jubilation--a gift passed down from generations of black women since the time of slavery. And as Evvie's talents waken, something dark comes loose and threatens to resurface... And when the demons of Evvie's past finally shake free, she must embrace her mighty lineage, and summon the power that lies within her"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2006., Juvenile, Hyperion Books for Children Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Samuel and his father are slaves working on a Confederate steamship out of Charleston, South Carolina and they can see the Union ships in the distance where their freedom lies.
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition, February 2018. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL F CUR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: MYSTERY F JOH Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, when she finds a letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt. Soon, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, Candice discovers the letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt, and with her new friend Brandon, sets off to expose the injustice once committed against a local African American family.
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[2017]., Primary, Charlesbridge Call No: 398.2 PRINCESS AND THE PEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In this version of the classic story, Ma Sally of Charleston County, South Carolina, devises a contest for her son's admirers: cook up a dish of black-eyed peas that meets her exacting standards, and the winner can marry her son. Includes recipe for Princess' black-eyed peas.
