Showing 1–13 of 13 books
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As Brave As You
- Realistic Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2017
- ISBN: 9781481415910
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The Boy in the Black Suit
- Realistic Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2016
- ISBN: 9781442459519
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Darius & Twig
- Realistic Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2014
- ISBN: 9780061728259
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Finding Langston
When 11-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and at school Langston is bullied. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.- Poetry
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2019
- ISBN: 9780823439607
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How I Discovered Poetry
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2015
- ISBN: 9780147510051
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How It Went Down
- Realistic Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2015
- ISBN: 9781250068231
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The Parker inheritance
The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller. When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes a young woman named Siobhan Washington. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding the letter-writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. Grandma tried and failed. But now Candice has another chance. So with the help of Brandon Jones, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues in the letter. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love; and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets. Can they find the fortune and fulfill the letter's promise before the summer ends?- Mystery
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2019
- ISBN: 9780545946179
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The season of Styx Malone
Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana. Caleb dreams of venturing beyond their ordinary small town, but his dad likes the family to stay close to home. Then Caleb and Bobby Gene meet new neighbor Styx Malone. Styx is sixteen and oozes cool. He's been lots of different places. Styx promises Caleb and Bobby Gene that together, they can pull off the Great Escalator Trade--exchanging one small thing for something better until they achieve their wildest dream. But as the trades get bigger, the brothers soon find themselves in over their heads. It becomes clear that Styx has secrets--secrets so big they could ruin everything--and Caleb fears their whole plan might fall apart.- Adventure, Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2019
- ISBN: 9781524715953
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X: A Novel
X follows Malcolm Little from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.
- Historical Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2016
- ISBN: 9780763669676