Award Winning

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...

  Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book One Crazy Summer After spending the summer with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern return to Brooklyn with a newfound streak of independence.  That doesn't sit well with Big Ma,...

  In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. It's an unforgettable story told by a...