age ~63
from South Saint Paul, MN
On her tenth birthday, Leah receives a surprise gift from glamorous Aunt Olivia, Mama's only sister, who lives in Los Angeles. It is a red rose box. Not many people in 1958 Louisiana have seen such a beautiful traveling case, covered with red roses, filled with jewelry, silk bedclothes, expensive so...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Paperback
Pages
144
Publisher
Puffin Books
ISBN #
0142501514
EAN Code
9780142501511
ISBN #
5
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods introduces introverted, daydream-prone Zoe, who’s afraid her real life will never be as exciting as her imaginary one. Zoe Reindeer considers herself “just Zoe”—never measuring up to her too-perfect older sister or her smarty-pants little brother. Truthf...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
208
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
ISBN #
0399170979
EAN Code
9780399170973
ISBN #
1
Leah Hopper ha dieci anni, è afroamericana e vive a Sulphur, in Louisiana, negli anni '50, in pieno regime segregazionista, dove i neri non possono entrare in molti negozi, quando salgono sull'autobus, devono sedersi in fondo e, soprattutto, non possono permettersi di sognare un futuro migliore. Lea...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
224
Publisher
Giunti Junior
ISBN #
10
If you could get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for anything at all, what would it be? This writing assignment, given out in Ms. Hart's tenth-grade creative writing class, sparks a group of nine students each to tell his/her own story. Readers are introduced to Jake and Shante's interracial ro...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
176
Publisher
Putnam Juvenile
ISBN #
0399246835
EAN Code
9780399246838
ISBN #
8
Sally Harrison and her family are slaves on a plantation in Georgia. But when Master decides to sell Sally and her brother, the family escapes to seek shelter with a tribe of Seminoles who are rumored to adopt runaway slaves. After a perilous journey, Sally’s family finds and joins the tribe. But wh...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Paperback
Pages
192
Publisher
Puffin Books
ISBN #
014240943X
EAN Code
9780142409435
ISBN #
7
A boy, a dog, and New Orleans' most famous hurricane Saint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists, and his best friend is a stray dog named Shadow. At first Saint is sure that Hurricane Katrina will be jus...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
Puffin Books
ISBN #
0142421863
EAN Code
9780142421864
ISBN #
4
Emako Blue was supposed to be a star. She was beautiful and good-hearted. She was Monterey's best friend. She was the only girl Jamal cared about, the one who saw through his player act. She was the one who understood the burden of Eddie's family. She was the best singer anyone had ever heard, with ...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Pages
124
Publisher
Speak
ISBN #
0142404187
EAN Code
9780142404188
ISBN #
3
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods’ moving, uplifting story of a girl finally meeting the African American side of her family explores racism and how it feels to be biracial, and celebrates families of all kinds.Violet is biracial, but she lives with her white mother and sister, attends a ...
Author
Brenda Woods
Binding
Paperback
Pages
240
Publisher
Puffin Books
ISBN #
0147514304
EAN Code
9780147514301
ISBN #
2