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A Sitting in St. James
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A tour de force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation—and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there—is essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism. With six starred reviews so far,...
One Crazy Summer
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In her first novel for middle graders, distinguished author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the moving story of three sisters who travel to turbulent Oakland, California, in 1968 in search of the mother who abandoned them. Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters,...
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
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Clayton Byrd feels most alive when he’s playing the blues on his “blues harp,” or harmonica, with his grandfather Cool Papa Byrd and the Bluesmen. But then the unthinkable happens: Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton’s mother gives away all his instruments and forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And...
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!In this chapter book biography by Rita Williams-Garcia, the award-winning author of One Crazy Summer, readers learn about the amazing life of...
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner
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Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!In this chapter book biography by Rita Williams-Garcia, the award-winning author of One Crazy Summer, readers learn about the amazing life of...
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground (Sale)
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In this new novel from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia, when aspiring bluesman Clayton Byrd loses his beloved grandfather, he must figure out what to do with all his anger and sadness—and finally learns to play a blues song all his own. Clayton feels most alive when he’s playing music with...
A Sitting in St. James (Sale)
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An unmissable tour de force from three-time National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Rita Williams-Garcia, who memorably tells the stories of one white family and the enslaved people who work for them. Essential reading for teens and adults who are grappling with our country’s history of...
Sitting in St. James
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1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family’s indifference, to sit for a portrait. But there are other important stories to be told on the Guilbert plantation. Stories that span generations, from the...
One Crazy Summer
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The Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award finalist, and Coretta Scott King Award–winning novel about the three unforgettable Gaither sisters, now adapted into a beautiful full-color graphic novel with vibrant art by Sharee Miller “I wish I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of...
NYC Launch for Kin by Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Join Books of Wonder for the Launch of Kin: Rooted in Hope! Books of Wonder is thrilled to host the launch of Kin: Rooted in Hope, a deeply moving work of middle grade fiction from acclaimed author CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD with stunning art by her son JEFFERY BOSTON WEATHERFORD! Kin: Rooted in Hope is a powerful portrait...
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