Product Description: When Mr. Bro. Wiley, Bean's adopted grandfather and the last slave man around, dies in the summer of 1940, Bean and his very best friend Pole are some kind of hurt. Everyone in the Low Meadows is. Despite their grief, they are proud and excited to be included in their very first Sittin' Up--a wake for the dead...read more

Product Description: Joseph’s sophomore year is about to begin, but his new start is a false one. At his father’s request Joseph moved in with Aunt Shirley, Uncle Todd and cousin Jasmine over the summer, to distance himself from his mother’s drug problems and the dangerous characters she interacts with...read more

Product Description: When you turn twelve in Occoneechee Neck in Jackson, North Carolina, everything changes. You get to do stuff you couldn't do when you were eleven. And it means it's time to get baptized. Twin brothers Leon and Luke Curry turned twelve last month...read more

Product Description: President Barack Obama is a tremendous role model. He has persevered where others might have given up. He has stayed true to the things he believed in when it might have been easier to say he believed something else. He is living proof that no matter where you come from, courage, intellect and good old fashioned hard work can help you achieve your dreams...read more

Product Description: Fourteen-year-old Joseph Flood is the victim of his mother Betty's addictions to crack and alcohol. An African American boy living in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood, Joseph has little chance for survival if his soldier father doesn't come home soon from Iraq to sort out the mess into which Betty has gotten herself and their son...read more

Product Description: Fourteen-year-old Joseph Flood is the victim of his mother Betty's addictions to crack and alcohol. An African American boy living in a North Carolina ghetto neighborhood, Joseph has little chance for survival if his soldier father doesn't come home soon from Iraq to sort out the mess into which Betty has gotten herself and their son...read more

Product Description: A Newbery Award Nominee This moving story introduces the remarkable character of Pattie Mae Sheals - whose sense of humor, ability to get into "grown folks business," and determination to know the truth will endear her to readers everywhere.