|
Joseph's Grace
|
Shelia P. Moses |
Now a high school sophomore, Joseph Flood contends with grief over his late cousin Jasmine, his mother's addictions and pleas for money, the distance between himself and his father in Iraq, making th… |
OL18679377W |
|
I, Dred Scott
|
Shelia P. Moses |
Having served his master in northern states, under the provisions of the Missouri compromise the slave Dred Scott may be eligible for emancipation, but legal obstacles stand in the way of his freedom. |
OL5706133W |
|
The obituary
|
Shelia P. Moses |
Following her grandfather's death in rural North Carolina in 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae learns more about her family after reading her grandmother's collection of obituaries and traveling to Ha… |
OL5706135W |
|
The Baptism
|
Shelia P. Moses |
In twentieth-century Occoneechee Neck, North Carolina--an area still affected by its history of slavery--twelve-year-old Leon Curry reflects about whether he wants to give up sinning to be baptized a… |
OL5706138W |
|
The legend of Buddy Bush
|
Shelia P. Moses |
In 1947, twelve-year-old Pattie Mae is sustained by her dreams of escaping Rich Square, North Carolina, and moving to Harlem when her Uncle Buddy is arrested for attempted rape of a white woman and h… |
OL5706139W |