A Sky Full of Stars

The Day of the Pelican

Beneath My Mother's Feet

The Only Road

Inventing Victoria

The Boy from the Basement

X: A Novel

Learning Not to Drown

Rose Lee Carter

Rose Lee Carter, a 13-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955. Her world is rocked when a 14-year-old African-American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. A powerful middle-grade debut perfect for readers who enjoyed The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Brown Girl Dreaming.

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