My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would...
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Award winning author Patricia McKissack comes from a family of skilled storytellers, who taught her to listen and observe and who encouraged her life-long love affair with words. The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural was a 1993 Newbery Honor Book. Pat also received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1993 for The Dark Thirty.Pat wishes she could have talked to her hero, Frederick Douglass, about his rise from slavery, his daring escape, and freedom — at last If she was not an author, Pat would like to be an interior designer or an architect so she could tell stories through design.
Pat frequently collaborates on books with her husband, Fredrick. They have three sons and live in St. Louis, Missouri.
From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis:
Rooted in African-American history from the time of slavery to the civil rights era, this Newberry Honor book and recipient of the Coretta Scott King award provides a collection of ten frightening tales for young adults. Reissue.
Synopsis:
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing, suspenseful, and breathtakingly original, these tales make up a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten.
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176 pages
Random House Children's Books -
English9780307770233
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Rooted in African-American history from the time of slavery to the civil rights era, this Newberry Honor book and recipient of the Coretta Scott King award provides a collection of ten frightening tales for young adults. Reissue.
"Synopsis"
by Google,
In that special half-hour of twilight—the dark-thirty—there are stories to be told. Mesmerizing, suspenseful, and breathtakingly original, these tales make up a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten.
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