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Ray and the best family reunion ever
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
When his family attends a reunion in Louisiana, eleven-year-old Ray learns about his Creole roots and about the circumstances that have kept him from ever meeting his father's father. |
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Trouble's child
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Martha longs to leave her island home off the Louisiana coast and go to high school where she can learn more than the ways of her midwife grandmother and perhaps someday broaden the lives of the supe… |
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Because we are
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
After a misunderstanding with a white teacher, black honor student Emma is transferred from the integrated high school where she has excelled to a segregated school where she finds a different kind o… |
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Justin and the best biscuits in the world
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch. |
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Lillie of Watts
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
During the weekend following a miserable birthday, things go from bad to worse for an eleven-year-old Negro girl living in Watts when she loses a valuable cat temporarily entrusted to her family's ca… |
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Darkness
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
A celebration of the many wonderful things that flourish in darkness. |
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Mississippi challenge
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Describes the struggle for civil rights for the blacks in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. |
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My mama needs me
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Jason wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs him at all after she brings home a new baby from the hospital. |
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Suitcase
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Despite his love of drawing and his feelings of inadequacy as an athlete, sixth-grader Xander "Suitcase" Bingham works to become a baseball player to win the approval of his father. |
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Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Suffering in a family full of females, ten-year-old Justin feels that cleaning and keeping house are women's work until he spends time on his beloved grandfather's ranch. |
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Kwanzaa
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Mildred Pitts Walter |
Discusses the origins and symbols of Kwanzaa, the holiday that focuses on African American history, culture, and experiences, and offers suggestions for ways to celebrate this holiday. |
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