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Summary: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1985
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Summary: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1993
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Summary: "Rediscover America's most honored writer of children's literature in this deluxe collector's edition of her finest work: five classic novels about African American young people confronting the world and its many challenges. Playing out themes of memory, folklore, and tradition in enthralling, often wildly inventive stories, Virginia Hamilton transformed American children's literature in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America Young Readers 2021
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Summary: In this West Indian version of the Rumpelstiltskin story, Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Blue Sky Press 2000
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Summary: Twelve trickster tales that show the migration of African culture to America via the West Indies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 1997
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Summary: The nineteen stories in this book focus on the magical lore and wondrous imaginings of African American women. A remarkable book that honors our heritage while giving us hope and inspiration for the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 1995
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Summary: As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAMAdair, Virginia Hamilton
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1998