The Green Piano

Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church

12 Days of New York

The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali

Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

The Only Road

Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates  post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined  young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants. Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can't refuse, she becomes Victoria. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. But when the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender.

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The Green Piano

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Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church

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12 Days of New York

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The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali

R. Gregory Christie, Tonya Bolden, 2004

Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877

Tonya Bolden, 2005

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

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The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz, 2016

Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

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