Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Yellow Bird and me Yellow Bird and me Joyce Hansen Doris becomes friends with Yellow Bird as she helps him with his studies and his part in the school play and discovers that he has a problem known as dyslexia. OL15841199W
One true friend One true friend Joyce Hansen Fourteen-year-old orphan Amir, living in Syracuse, exchanges letters with his friend Doris, still living in their old Bronx neighborhood, in which they share their lives and give each other advice on… OL15856262W
Bury me not in a land of slaves Bury me not in a land of slaves Joyce Hansen An account of African-American life in the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War, based on first-person narratives, contemporary documents, and other historical sources. OL16069399W
Breaking ground, breaking silence Breaking ground, breaking silence Joyce Hansen Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of black people in Colonial times. OL16580318W
Women of hope Women of hope Joyce Hansen Features photographs and biographies of thirteen African-American women, including Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, and Alice Walker. OL16589640W
Home Is With Our Family Home Is With Our Family Joyce Hansen Now that she is turning thirteen, Maria Peterson envisions new adult prestige and responsibility, like attending abolitionist meetings and listening to inspiring speakers such as Sojourner Truth. The… OL17502099W
Captive Captive Joyce Hansen When Kofi's father, an Ashanti chief, is killed, Kofi is sold as a slave and ends up in Massachusetts, where his fate is in the hands of Paul Cuffe, an African American shipbuilder who works to retur… OL175850W
Out from this place Out from this place Joyce Hansen A fourteen-year-old black girl tries to find a fellow ex-slave, who had joined the Union army during the Civil War, during the confusing times after the emancipation of the slaves. OL175854W
Which Way Freedom? Which Way Freedom? Joyce Hansen Obi and Easter Trilogy OL175855W
Home boy Home boy Joyce Hansen As he seeks a place to hide, Marcus, a boy from the Islands now living in the Bronx, tries to figure out how he became involved in the stabbing of a fellow student. OL175857W
The Gift-Giver The Gift-Giver Joyce Hansen The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood. OL175860W