Julius Lester
2) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including Emma.
9) Othello
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences.
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the Biblical tale in which a Hebrew infant, rescued by the daughter of the Pharaoh, passes through a turbulent adolescence to eventually become a prophet of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.