Hansen, Joyce

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 friendship, family, foster care, and making decisions.

Kofi is a young black African living in the revolutionary times of slavery in the United States.

The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood.

Presents photographs and biographical profiles of thirteen African-American women notable for their accomplishments in the fields of journalism, politics, education, law, science, and the arts; arranged chronologically, and including an additional list of names.

Obi escapes from slavery during the Civil War, joins a black Union regiment, and soon becomes involved in the bloody fighting at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.

After the Civil War, former slave Obi Booker tries to make a new life on a South Carolina island while waiting to be joined by his beloved Easter, who is studying in the North.

Presents photographs and biographical profiles of thirteen African-American women notable for their accomplishments in the fields of journalism, politics, education, law, science, and the arts; arranged chronologically, and including an additional list of names.

After the Civil War, former slave Obi Booker tries to make a new life on a South Carolina island while waiting to be joined by his beloved Easter, who is studying in the North.