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Stitchin' and Pullin'

A Gee's Bend Quilt

by McKissack, Patricia C.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted...

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll

by McKissack, Patricia C.

During the Depression, three young sisters get one baby doll for Christmas and must find a way to share.

A Song for Harlem

by McKissack, Patricia C. & McKissack, Pat & James, Gordon

In the summer of 1928, Lilly Belle Turner of Smyrna, Tennessee, participates in a young author's writing program, taught by Zora Neale Hurston and hosted by A'...

Away West

by McKissack, Patricia C.

Unlike his older brothers, thirteen-year-old Everett was "born in freedom," never knowing life as a slave. His most prized possession is the medal his father e...

Abby Takes a Stand

Scraps of Time 1960

by McKissack, Patricia C.

Gee recalls for her grandchildren what happened in 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee, when she, aged ten, passed out flyers while her cousin and other adults held s...

Loved best

by McKissack, Patricia C. & McKissack, Pat & Marshall, Felicia

Because she's the oldest and can do the most, Carolyn is sure she is loved the best. But then she begins to have doubts when her brother and sister seem to get...

Loved Best

by McKissack, Patricia C. & McKissack, Pat & Marshall, Felicia

Because she's the oldest and can do the most, Carolyn is sure she is loved the best. But then she begins to have doubts when her brother and sister seem to get...

Tippy Lemmey

by McKissack, Patricia C.

Leandra, Paul, and Jeannie keep trying to avoid a dog named Tippy Lemmey until they discover that he is not really their enemy.

Goin' Someplace Special

by McKissack, Patricia C.

In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: t...