A seventeen-year-old boy convinces a black baseball team to take him along on their tour as a relief player, but he must pretend he is a deaf-mut

While sitting through a fearsome thunderstorm that has put the lights out, Thomas hears a story from Grandfather's boyhood, when Grandfather was

After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquire

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their pare

Feeling isolated as the only African-American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Clu

A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship.

"This dramatic sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful novel - capable of touching readers of any age."