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"Worldwide, reading is an elite recreation or endeavor. Having
books stored and saved in grand repositories to be read by everyone, anytime they want to
read them, is a full-bellied luxury that the world majority may never know" --
Virginia Hamilton, 1996. Yellow Springs, Ohio
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 The Girl Who Spun Gold --
LATEST RELEASE --
Meet Quashiba , a beautiful,
innocent girl who is about to be made a queen, although she is not a
princess. No, she is merely a peasant girl, busy spinning the plainest
thread on a day when the king comes riding up to her. "Oh, great
Big King," says her mama, hoping to catch the king's attention,
"my daughter is spinning a whole field of finest golden thread to
make cloth for his Highest." What can Quashiba do about her
mama's terrible lie?
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 Bluish:
A Novel THEY ARE DIFFERENT from one another, all three girls. But
the one who is most unusual -- unlike anyone the kids at school have ever seen -- is the
new girl, the one who arrives in a wheelchair and always wears a knitted
hat. Bluish, the
kids call her. Bluish, making her into some kind of moonlightchild. She is frail and tired, strange and frightening to the students around
her. One girl, Dreenie, is fascinated by her. Dreenie's overwhelming
curiosity, almost an obsession, leads her and another student, Tuli, to reach beyond their
fear. BLUISH is a warm, humorous and hopeful novel that reaffirms the strength
of young people and their capacity for love and compassion. All ages.
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 Second Cousins
It's a year after the tragic death of Cammy's first cousin, Patty
Ann. Many good things have happened since. Cammy's third cousin,
Elodie, has
moved in at Cammy's house. And now the two of them are best friends. But
something exciting is going to happen when a huge family reunion takes place in
August. There will be aunts, uncles and cousins from all over. Two cousins
from New York know family secrets that will change Cammy's life forever. All ages.
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 A Ring of Tricksters
Animal Tales from America, the West Indies and Africa. Eleven
stories present a fascinating cast of animal tricksters, gathered from the storytelling
ring of the slave trade during the American Plantation Era. Splendid full-color
illustrations by National Book Award-winner Barry Moser capture the vibrant energy and sly
pranks of tricksters Buh Rabby, Anansi, Shulo and more. All ages. |
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When Birds Could Talk
and Bats Could Sing
The Adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and Their Friends. A
wonderfully amusing collection of Bird and Bat tales, overlooked dead and buried until
Hamilton discovered them and resurrected them. Numerous illustrations by the master
watercolorist, Barry Moser. This book is delicious fun to read aloud. All ages.
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Her Stories African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales - A major
collection, exquisitely executed. An example of fine bookmaking. Paintings by the premier
illustrators, Leo and Diane Dillon. This all female collection spans the generations -
from girl child to elder woman in stories from fantasy to legend and narratives of the
struggles of real women. Some of the tales are hundreds of years old. All ages.
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Little Love A poignant young adult novel of adventure. Sheema Hadley searches for
the father she never knew, who never wanted to know her and to, ultimately, find new
strength in herself. |
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White Romance
A young adult romance, coming of age novel, with sex, drugs and
rock-and-roll, and a none-too-subtle bi-racial theme. YA, Adult. |
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The
All Jahdu Story Book
A revision of the author's three Jahdu Books rolled into one. With
How Jahdu Took Care of Trouble and How Jahdu Changed Grass And Fixed Old Ocean
still delightfully present, with added Jahdu Magic and Jahdu Adventure. The little guy is
a grand trickster for all time. All ages. |
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| Anthony Burns The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave - A historical
reconstruction of a poor man's life, with a backdrop of the battle between north and
south, freedom and slavery, in which this common man is the center and point of his own
struggle. 12 and up. |
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Arilla Sun Down
A novel of psychic realism and experimental in style and concept. A
story of a bi-racial family in which the daughter, Arilla is uncertain of her identity in
light of her older brother's, Jack Sun Run, overwhelming warrior presence. Young adult and
adult. |
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The
Bells of Christmas
Here is a traditional story that shares with us Christmas, 1890, and
celebrates the continuing joy of Christmas. |
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Cousins Called "a nearly perfect children's book...slim, swift, direct,
layered yet accessible, the lines sure, the characters breathing and alive for us long
after we close the book." Nina Mikkelsen, Virginia Hamilton - Twayne
Publishers, United States Authors Series. Three cousins set out on an emotional journey
over a summer, in which there is cousin rivalry and deep hostility, wherein one cousin
drowns, one is blamed and one learns remorse and the strength of compassion. 10 and up. |
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Dark Way
Stories Of The Spirit World - a collection of compelling scare tales
from around the world. Multi-ethnic and multi-cultural. These tales of darkness are
frightful fun and designed by the author to raise the goosebumps of kids, moms and dads.
All ages. Be careful the little ones don't get too scared. |
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The
Dies Drear Chronicles
The House Of Dies Drear, winner of The Edgar (Allen Poe) Award,
and the sequel, The Mystery of Drear House - two ever popular mysteries, with a
nail biting plot, a haunted house, ghosts and hidden treasure. Thomas Small and his family
move to the great and forbidding House of Dies Drear, and the trouble begins. A
wonderworks two part TV special. Ages 12 and up. |
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Drylongso
A long-story with illustrations. A green fiction that tells the story
of a family's struggle against forces of nature -- weather, climate and a huge dust storm.
Drylongso, lost, stumbles upon the family. And with his divining rod, finds a
life-giving underground spring. |
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Jaguarundi
An original fantasy long-story with real animals of the rainforest.
When his forest homestead is threatened, Rundi Jaguarundi plans to flee his homeland. Will
any of his forest friends join him on his journey north? Or will he stay put and take his
chances? A green book for all time and ages. |
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Junius Over Far
(In print only in hardcover.) A cross-cultural novel set in America and
the Caribbean. Junius' father is of African Caribbean origin. His grandfather has just
returned to his home on Snake Island off the coast of Puerto Rico after spending years in
America with Junius and his parents. The father gets in trouble and Junius and his father
go to Snake Island to rescue him. A story of adventure and discovery. Young Adult. |
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The
Justice Trilogy
Justice And Her Brothers; Dustland, and The Gathering - In these
novels, the protagonist, Justice Douglass and her brothers, Thomas and Levi, and a friend,
Dorian, mindjump to a future earth a million years from today, only to find a wasteland
controlled by an entity known as Mal. Young people of this dust land speak in sounds and
musical melody chantings. 12 and up, Adult, Young Adult. |
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M.C.
Higgins, the Great
Novel, awarded the John Newbery Medal and the National Book Award,
1974. Mayo Corenlius Higgins, called M.C. sits atop a forty-foot pole on the side of
Sarah's Mountain, and dreams of escape from the hills for himself and his family. Poised
above his home is a massive spoil heap from strip mining which could come crashing down.
12 and up. |
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The
Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
An amazing fantasy; part myth, part legend and folklore, exquisitely
told. With godchild Pretty Pearl who is her own God Mother and brother gods, John De
Conquer and John Henry Roustabout. Pretty Pearl longs to come down from the God home of
Mount Kenya to live among real people. When she does come down, she discovers the diaspora
of the slave trade and forgets all her brother god, De Conquer's warnings about being true
to the goddess in her and Mother Pearl. With the spirit Dwahro, the folk animal, Hodag,
the folk fowl, Fool-la-fafa, The Hide-behind, Coachwhip, John de Conquer root, Black Salt
and Old Canoe, leaders respectively of the one hundred-fifty and more Inside Folks and The
Cherokee and Shawnee Amerindian remnant bands, all take the high Warrior paths of the
Amerindians and seek their fortune on the other side of the mountains, North. Should be
read by adults and children. 300 pages. 12, up, YA, Adult. |
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Many Thousand Gone
A non-fiction collection about the plantation era, with moving factual
escape stories and portraits of real people in their historical context. Illustrations by
Leo and Diane Dillon. All ages. |
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Paul
Robeson
A biography. The life of this famous singer and athlete. 12 and up. |
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The
People Could Fly
These twenty-four selections represent the main body of black folklore
and bring us closer to the hearts and minds of the people who first told them and passed
them on to us. All ages. |
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Plain City
A coming of age novel of winter stillness and whiteness, about people
of various colors and classes who live on a flood plain. Buhlaire Sims believes her father
died in the Vietnam War until a classmate calculates that she wouldn't have been born if
he had. In the midst of a whiteout blizzard, she makes an incredible discovery. 12 and up,
YA, Adult. |
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Planet of Junior Brown
A Newbery Honor Book. A Novel - Junior Brown, a 300-pound musical
prodigy, plays a piano with no sound while his homeless friend, Buddy Clark, draws on all
his wit and New York City resources to protect Junior and save his disintegrating mind.
12, up, YA. |
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Sweet
Whispers, Brother Rush
A Newbery Honor Book - a novel confronting issues of child abuse,
single parent families and the death of a young person. With the unforgettable characters,
brother and sister, Dabney and Theresa Pratt, and a exciting, disturbing plot which turns
upon the appearances and disappearances of the ghost, Brother Rush. 12, up YA. |
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W.E.B. Du Bois
A biography. The study of a great scholar's life, through which he
strives to live up to his enormous potential, and does, while attempting to liberate
himself from all manner of governmental, political and societal constraints. 12 and up. |
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Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed
An old-fashion humorous novel with generations of characters, whose
plot revolves around the October nite in 1938 when Orsen Welles' famous radio broadcast of
a Martian invasion of Earth scared the bejeesus out of the entire naton. 10 and up. |
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Zeely
First published in the late sixties, now a classic, ZEELY is a
female coming of age, initiation story. Geeder Perry and her Brother, Toeboy, go to the
country for the summer on their Uncle Ross' farm where they encounter a six and a half
foot tall Watutsi queen and a mysterious Night Traveller. 10 and up. |
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Virginia Hamilton's books can be found at
libraries and
fine book stores everywhere, such as:
Borders Bookstores
Yellow Tulip, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Books and Co.
Barnes & Nobles
Amazon.Com
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