Jayden and a new friend bring nature to the city in this timeless story about a community gardenAmidst all the buildings, people, and traffic in his neighborhood, Jayden sees nature everywhere: the squirrels scrounging, the cardinals calling, and the dandelions growing. But Mama doesn t believe there s nature in the city. So Jayden sets out to help Mama see what he sees. With the help of his friend Mr. Curtis, Jayden plants the seeds of a community garden and brings together his neighbors and Ma...
Out of Love for You Digital Guide (Urban Underground)
by MS Anne Schraff
In 1976 Pennsylvania, middle-schooler Charmaine Upshaw contemplates a career as a model or actress while coping with boyfriend problems and the return of her uncle, a fugitive who cost her family $1,000 in bail money a year earlier.
Shadows on Society Hill (American Girl Mysteries) (American Girl: Addy Mysteries)
by Evelyn Coleman
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
In 1772, years of mistreatment force thirteen-year-old Melitte to decide whether or not to run away from the Frenchman who has kept her as a slave on his poor Louisiana farm and leave the young girl who is the only person who ever loved her.
A little boy yearns for a lunch box, even though he hasn't started school yet.
George Washington Carver (Real Readers) (Real Readers Series: Level Blue)
by Miena Benitez and Mirna Benitez
A biography of the agriculturist for beginning readers, chronicling his struggle to get an education, his work at the Tuskegee Institute, and how he helped popularize peanuts as a cash crop in the South. Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the African American scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.
While spending the summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City, fourteen-year-old Vicki Harris must come to terms with the reality of her parents' divorce, her crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the impact of being an African American on her future as a dancer.
Josephine is a young woman with a sassy look and sharp tongue, especially where flirtatious Adam Morgan is concerned, but when Adam returns home wounded from the War Between the States, Jojo can't deny her growing feelings for him.
The Quality of Mercy Audio (Urban Underground)
by MS Anne Schraff
If You Really Loved Me Audio (Urban Underground)
by MS Anne Schraff
Enid and the Dangerous Discovery (Our Neighborhood (Broadman))
by Cynthia G. Williams
After a boy at school gets sent home because he has a play gun and her friends then find a real gun, Enid wants to know what it feels like to be shot.