Virginia Hamilton
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
7) Plain City
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A 12-year-old "mixed" child feels out of place in her community and struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she discovers more about her missing father.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Appears on list
Description
In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away. "The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Already a leader in New York's underground world of homeless children, Buddy Clark takes on the responsibility of protecting the overweight, emotionally disturbed friend with whom he has been playing hooky from eighth grade all semester.
14) Cousins
Author
Pub. Date
2005, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental death of another relative.
15) Zeely
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.
18) When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War.