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Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed
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Virginia Hamilton |
In October of 1938, on their farm homestead in Ohio, a black family is caught up in the fear generated by the Orson Welles "Martians have landed" broadcast. |
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The People Could Fly
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Virginia Hamilton |
"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 beautifull… |
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Zeely
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Virginia Hamilton |
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. |
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The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
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Virginia Hamilton |
Pretty Pearl, a spirited young African god child eager toshow off her powers, travels to the New World where, disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free blacks who have created their own se… |
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M. C. Higgins, The Great
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Virginia Hamilton |
Summary, As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills,fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they l… |
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