The Green Piano

Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church

Take-Off: American All-Girl Bands During World War II

Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1): A Nonfiction Graphic Novel

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man

The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali

Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877

Midnight Without a Moon

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

Tonya Bolden, Roberta Flack, Hayden Goodman, 2023

Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church

Tonya Bolden, R. Gregory Gregory Christie, 2001

Take-Off: American All-Girl Bands During World War II

Tonya Bolden, 2007

Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1): A Nonfiction Graphic Novel

Tonya Bolden, David Wilkerson, 2024

Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man

Tonya Bolden, 2018

The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali

R. Gregory Christie, Tonya Bolden, 2004

Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877

Tonya Bolden, 2005

Midnight Without a Moon

Linda Williams Jackson, 2017