Amy Littlesugar
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
When their house is attacked because her mother volunteered to take in the young white woman who has come to teach black children at the Freedom School, Jolie is afraid, but she overcomes her fear after learning the value of education.
3) Tree of hope
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Florrie's daddy used to be a stage actor in Harlem before the Depression forced the Lafayette Theater to close, but he gets a chance to act again when Orson Welles reopens the theater to stage an all-black version of Macbeth.
5) Clown child
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Olivia and her father are popular clowns in the Crystal Caravan circus, but she longs for a settled home to live in.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In World War II France, a young girl's prayer for an angel to come rescue her from the Nazi occupation is answered by the arrival of an American paratrooper. Inspired by the author's memories of his father-in-law who was a paratrooper.