Search Results: Returned 9 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 9
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c2002., Adult, Shaye Areheart Books Call No: FIC BOH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Terry and Laura Sheldon lose their 9-year-old twins in a flash flood. After a year of putting their lives back together, the couple, who are unable to have more children, decide to adopt a 10-year-old African American boy.
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-- Heaven and Earth Grocery Store2023., Adult, Riverhead Books Call No: FIC MCB Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community--heaven and earth--that sustain us"--
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1984, c1968., Alladin Paperbacks for Young Readers ; Call No: MYS HAM Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: An African-American family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
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[2015]., Ages 3-8, G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Call No: PB DEL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
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2016., Age 9-13, Scholastic Press Call No: G LAR Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dogs of World War IISummary Note: In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.
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c1998., Ages 4-8, Scholastic Call No: E COS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Little Bill books for beginning readersSummary Note: While trying to raise enough money for a telescope, Little Bill makes a discovery about generosity and the needs of others.
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[2019], Ages 8-12, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN CRA Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?"
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-- Stunt boy, in the meantime[2021]., Ages 7 to 12; Grade Level: 2-7, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: G REY Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: [Stuntboy] Volume: #1Summary Note: Portico Reeves' secret identity as Stuntboy allows him to use his superpower keep everybody safe, but when his superhero parents start fighting a lot he feels the responsibility to save them.
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c1996., Adult, Morrow Call No: FIC McK Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Noon and Herbie experience a change in their relationship when they find two young girls on their doorstep in 1950s Philadelphia. The girls grow to be loving sisters who fall for the same man, a developer who wants to run a road through their African-American neighborhood--a project whose opposition forces are led by Noon.