Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
-
-
-
c2008., Greenwillow Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Uses the form of a blues song to share the story of the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in 1955, which resulted in a repeal of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
-
-
-
c2008., Primary, Greenwillow Books Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses the form of a blues song to share the story of the year-long bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, sparked by seamstress Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger in 1955, which resulted in a repeal of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
-
-
-
Juvenile Call No: F Wil Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters, who are about to learn what it's like to be fish out of water as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for t.
-
-
-
[2015], Juvenile, Amistad Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Three feisty sisters--Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern Gaither--help their eighty-two-year-old grandmother, Ma Charles, make peace with her half-sister, Miss Trotter, while visiting Ma Charles in Alabama during the summer of 1969.
-
-
[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Historical Fiction WILLIAMS-GARCIA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible"--Publisher's web site.
-
-
-
[2015]., Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Magic runs in Hoodoo's family, yet he's never been able to cast a spell. But when a dangerous man threatens his family, Hoodoo finds that magic just might be within his reach.
-
-
-
2015., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1930s Alabama, twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher is the only member of his family who seems unable to practice folk magic, but when a mysterious man called the Stranger puts the entire town at risk from his black magic, Hoodoo must learn to conjure to defeat him.
-
-
2015, Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: FIC Smi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Magic runs in Hoodoo's family, yet he's never been able to cast a spell. But when a dangerous man threatens his family, Hoodoo finds that magic just might be within his reach.
-
-
Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Emily and her winged horse, Pegasus, face an ancient challenge of Olympic proportions in this fourth book of an exciting series. A deadly plague has struck Olympus. While the Olympians fade one by one, Emily's heart breaks as she watches, particularl
-
-
2023., Adolescent, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: HISTORICAL F MIN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It's 1957, and after leaving the only home she has ever known, Alice Young steps off the bus into the all-Black town of New Jessup, Alabama, where residents have largely rejected integration as the means for Black social advancement. She falls in love with Raymond Campbell, whose clandestine organizing activities challenge New Jessup's status quo and could lead to the young couple's expulsion--or worse--from the home they hold dear. But as Raymond continues to push alternatives for enhancing New Jessup's political power, Alice must find a way to balance her undying support for his underground work with her desire to protect New Jessup from the rising pressure of upheavals both in and out of town"--Provided by the publisher.
-
-
2004., Adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Young adult FIC LYON Lyo Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In a small Alabama town in 1947-1956, Sonny searches for answers about his father's disappearance, "Uncle Marty," who looks after the family, and Mamby, their black housekeeper.
