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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

  • 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

    Was $5.99 USD Now $0.99 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

    $3.99 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

  • 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

  • Audiobook

    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: Down the Rabbit Hole

    by Susan Campbell Bartoletti ...
    Series series Dear America
    Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web of murder, lies, and the Great Fire of Chicago to bold life. In the spring of 1871, fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose learns that her parents have been killed in a terrible carriage accident. After her uncle Edward and his awful wife, Adeline, move into the Pringle family's home -- making life for her ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Dear America: A City Tossed and Broken

    by Judy Blundell ...
    Series series Dear America
    From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell, a thrilling account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. When Minnie Bonner's father disappears after losing the Bonners' Philadelphia tavern, the wealthy gentleman Edward Sump, led by his avaricious wife, offers Minnie a chance to work as a lady's maid to support her family. The Sumps have grand plans, grander than the city of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Diary of Hattie Campbell, The Oregon Trail, 1847 (Dear America)

    by Kristiana Gregory ...
    Series series Dear America
    Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Kristiana Gregory's ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!After the death of her two sisters, thirteen-year-old Hattie and her family make for a fresh start. They sell their farm in Missouri and journey across the Oregon Trail toward Oregon City. At first the adventure is exciting, but as the days, weeks, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Dear America: Christmas After All

    by Kathryn Lasky ...
    Series series Dear America
    Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's CHRISTMAS AFTER ALL is back in print with a gorgeous new package! To twelve-year-old Minnie Swift, Christmas is not going to be the time of bounty she's used to. It is 1932 -- the middle of the Great Depression -- and jobs are scarce and Papa seems more worried each day. But when their orphaned cousin comes to live with them, the Swifts are quick to rearrange ... Read more

    $4.99 USD