McKissack, Pat

Brought up in France as the African slave companion of a nobleman's daughter, thirteen-year-old Zettie records the events of 1763, when she and her mistress escape to the New World where they are inadvertently drawn into the hostilities of the ongoing French and Indian War and, eventually, find a new direction to their lives.

A rhyming tale describing a magical place where surprises grow on trees and crocodiles have wings.

During an outing on the mysterious Bayou Clapateaux, Hugh Thomas catches a million fish.

In 1859, twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held sit-ins at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation.

An easy-to-read retelling of the fairy tale about three clever goats and a nasty troll.

Messy Bessey learns a lesson about sharing when she cleans out her closet.

Messy Bessey discovers that with proper care her garden will flourish.

IN 1859 TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CLOTEE, A HOUSE SLAVE WHO MUST CONCEAL THE FACT SHE CAN READ AND WRITE, RECORDS IN HER DIARY HER EXPERIENCES AND HER STRUGGLE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ESCAPE TO FREEDOM.

A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.