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  • Dear America: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly

    by Joyce Hansen ...
    Series series Dear America
    Joyce Hansen's Coretta Scott King Honor Book I THOUGHT MY SOUL WOULD RISE AND FLY is now back in print with a gorgeous new package! Patsy, an orphaned slave with a bad leg and a quiet nature, is considered slow by the Davis family. But Patsy's smart -- smart enough to learn to read and write on the sly. After the Civil War ends and slavery is abolished, Patsy believes Master Davis's promise to pay ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Black Pioneers Home Is with Our Family

    by Joyce Hansen ...
    Illustrated by E. B. Lewis ...
    Series series Black Pioneers
    In this fascinating tale inspired by a true story from 1800s New York City, a young girl navigates the joys and challenges of growing up while dealing with the unknown future of her home and community.Now that she is turning thirteen, Maria Peterson envisions new adult prestige and responsibility, like attending abolitionist meetings and listening to inspiring speakers such as Sojourner Truth. The ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change

    by Marc Aronson, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Joyce Hansen, Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, Sally M. Walker, Steve Sheinkin, Amy Alznauer, Karen Engelmann0, Summer Edward1, Chris Lindsay Turner2, Tanya Lee Stone3 ...
    The acclaimed team that brought us 1968 turns to another year that shook the world with a collection of nonfiction writings by renowned young-adult authors.“The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights—not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • One True Friend

    by Joyce Hansen ...
    Amir has finally landed in a good place. His new foster parents, the Smiths, are loving and kind, and he has been reunited with his youngest brother, whom the Smiths have raised since babyhood. Amir knows he should be happy, but he is uncomfortable around the Smiths, and his little brother doesn’t even remember him. If only Amir could find the rest of the siblings he was separated from when his ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Gift-Giver

    by Joyce Hansen ...
    The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Home Boy

    by Joyce Hansen ...
    Marcus walked into Langston High School that morning determined to turn his life around. Hed stay in school all day, go to his classes and he had no pot to sell. Finally, he understood the warnings from his grandmother, his mother and his girlfriend. Hed learned his lesson, but was it too late? Ever since Marcus had moved to the Bronx from his home on the beautiful island of St. Cruz, and entered ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    Women of Hope

    African Americans Who Made a Difference

    by Joyce Hansen ...
    Narrated by Myra Lucretia Taylor ...

    Unabridged

    50 min

    Award-winning author Joyce Hansen gives voice to 13 amazing African American women who have overcome adversity to make their mark in history. Each of these women will capture your heart and mind as you listen to their inspiring life stories. Hear about the life of acclaimed actress Ruby Dee and 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker. Meet the first African American woman to travel into space and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (Dear America)

    by Deborah Hopkinson ...
    Series series Dear America
    Critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson's HEAR MY SORROW is back with a beautiful new cover!Fourteen-year-old Angela Denoto and her family have arrived in New York City from their village in Italy to find themselves settled in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side. When her father is no longer able to work as a hod carrier, Angela must leave school and find a job in a shirtwaist ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Dear America: The Fences Between Us

    by Kirby Larson ...
    Series series Dear America
    Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese incarceration. With this sweeping tale of life on the World War II homefront, Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings her incredible talent to the Dear America series. When Pearl Harbor is attacked, America is finally ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Dear Canada: These Are My Words

    by Ruby Slipperjack ...
    Series series Dear Canada
    Acclaimed author Ruby Slipperjack delivers a haunting novel about a 12-year-old girl's experience at a residential school in 1966.Violet Pesheens is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her "white" school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name—she is now just a ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Dear Canada: Flame and Ashes

    by Janet McNaughton ...
    Series series Dear Canada
    A touching "riches to rags" story set during the second-worst disaster in the history of Atlantic Canada.Eleven-year-old Triffie is the middle daughter of a well-to-do merchant. Triffie knows nothing about what it means to be poor — until the disastrous fire of 1892 burns down most of St. John's, Newfoundland, leaving Triffie's family and 15,000 others homeless.The fire claimed everything but ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Dear Canada: All Fall Down

    by Jean Little ...
    Series series Dear Canada
    A young girl survives the deadliest landslide in Canadian history — but a family secret could call into question everything she thought she knew about her life before the disaster.After her father dies, Abby and her family move west to live with relatives who run a hotel in the mining town of Frank, Alberta. Abby keeps busy helping out at the hotel, being chief caregiver to her little brother with ... Read more

    $13.09 USD