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Jewell Parker Rhodes
Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must…
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From the bestselling author of Ghost Boys comes a powerful survival tale set during a furious forest fire, exploring issues of race, class, and climate change. Hatchet for a new…
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Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes offers a loving tribute to her beloved grandmother, the love she received, and the lessons she learned.
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Inspired by real events–the 1921 razing of the black section of Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a black man was falsely accused of raping a white woman–this atmospheric, critically acclaimed novel of…
From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after September 11th, 2001, following three dynamic students who know the events only as history – but slowly…
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After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett…
A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, with an environmental twist – now in paperback!
From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black and the complex ways in…
Free Within Ourselves is a guide to all the elements necessary for crafting fiction - character development, point of view, plot, atmosphere, dialogue, diction, sentence variety and revision.
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First Harper Perennial edition published 1998, reissued in a new edition 2021 –Title page verso.
When 12-year-old Jerome is killed by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real one, Jerome becomes a ghost. As he watches his family grieve, he begins…
Jewell Parker Rhodes’ inspiring novel of hope and change in the post-abolition South, now in paperback.
From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers, one who presents as white, the other as black, and the complex ways in…
Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires…
If only Maddy sees the mermaid, can it be real?
From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks - now in paperback.
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After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys, including historical figure Emmett…
In mid 19th-century New Orleans Marie Laveau was the notorious queen of voodoo–worshiped and feared by blacks and whites alike. Voodoo Dreams reimagines the woman behind this legend, a mesmerizing…
A powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers - one who presents as white, the other as Black - and the ways they are forced to navigate a world that doesn’t…
A coming-of-age story set in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a white police officer, drawing connections with real-life history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.
When Mama Ya-Ya’s visions show a powerful hurricane–Katrina–fast approaching, it’s up to 12-year-old Lanesha to call upon the hope and strength Mama Ya-Ya has given her to help them both…
Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation unleashed on his family and community…
An instant New York Times bestseller and #1 Kids’ Indie Next Pick. After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and…
