Channie Waites
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The story of one family's journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of her family's history. But for three generations, that rope is passed down, used for everything from jump rope games to tying suitcases onto a car for the big move north to New York City, and even for a family reunion where that first little girl is now...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nobody expected a tiny little virus to change the whole world in such a big way, especially not Shayla, Liam, Ai, and Ben. But when school closes to keep everyone safe, their lives take a sharp turn. It's one thing to learn that the outside world isn't safe, but why does it seem like the virus is causing trouble inside their homes too? As each friend struggles to adjust to life in quarantine, they quickly discover that they're not alone: Their apartment...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
It was because of the Alzheimer's, which is like a big bully that takes stuff that doesn't belong to them and won't give it back. Georgie has no idea what to expect when she, Mama, and Peaches are plopped down in the middle of small-town USA—aka Bogalusa, Louisiana—where Mama grew up and Great-aunt Vie needs constant care. Georgie wants to help out at the once-famous family diner that served celebrities like the Jackson 5 and the Supremes, but...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Love ain't like that." "How is it then?" Peaches asked, turning on her stomach to face me. "It's like sky. If you keep driving and driving, gas will run out, right?" "That's why we gotta go to the gas station." "Yep. But have you ever seen the sky run out? No matter how far we go?" "No, when we look up, there it is." "Well that's the kind of love Daddy and Mama got for us, Peaches—love like sky." "It never ends?" "Never." G-baby and her younger...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for the air—in particular, by earning a spot on-board the airship Midnight Robber. Creeper plans to earn Captain Ann-Marie's trust with information she discovers about a Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls The Black God's Drums. But Creeper also has a secret herself: Oya, the African orisha of...
