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The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
The dark-thirty is that special half hour of twilight, just before dark, when everyone hurries home because the spirits and monsters come out. This collection of spinetingling tales ranges from the time of slavery to the civil rights movement. Strong characterization, classic themes, and suspenseful plots are strongly crafted in the oral tradition of African-American folklore.
- Fiction, General Fiction, African American
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: (0-679-81863-4)
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Mirette on the High Wire
Emily Arnold McCully's vivid impressionistic watercolors bring nineteenth-century Paris to life with the story of Mirette, a spirited, risk-taking little girl. Mirette enables the former high-wire star Bellini to conquer his fear while achieving her own dream. Light, color, line, and movement in these animated and bold illustrations are in perfect balance with the text.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1993 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: 9780399221309
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Missing May
Twelve-year-old Summer lives with her Aunt May and Uncle Ob in the mountains of West Virginia. When May dies, Summer, Uncle Ob, and Summer's friend, Cletus, try to get her back—or at least to get word of her—and to alleviate the pain. This trio of lovingly described characters journeys from intense grief to the understanding that love is never truly lost.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Medal Winner)
- ISBN: (0-531-08596-1)
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Somewhere in the Darkness
Jimmy Little had always wanted a father. However, when Crab, his father, who is virtually a stranger, appears in a dark hallway straight from a prison hospital, it is not at all what he had hoped for. On the tense, frightening trip with Crab to Chicago and then to Alabama, Jimmy finds he must learn self-knowledge as well as compassion to deal with a difficult and dangerous situation.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 0-590-42411-4
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What Hearts
Seven-year-old Asa, by far the best in his class, comes home from the last day of school with a knapsack full of prizes to find that his whole world has changed. Asa tries to make sense of a world in which he is challenged and put down by a domineering stepfather and only partially sustained by his loving but disturbed mother. Four stories show Asa at seven, nine, eleven, and twelve, struggling to find the secret of connection with others.- Fiction, General Fiction
- John Newbery Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 0-06-021131-8
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Working Cotton
Carole Byard's dramatic paintings portray the dignity of hard work and the strength of family relationships that are part of this migrant family's life. From the first glimpses of a streaky dawn to the red twilight, powerful, glowing portraits and landscapes poignantly complement the child's poetic depiction of the long workday.- Fiction, General Fiction
- Randolph Caldecott Medal 1993 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780152996246