Author Winner
Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Call Number: E C613eg 1988ISBN: 0805008004Publication Date: 1988-07-15Everett Anderson's Goodbye is a touching portrait of a little boy who is trying to come to grips with his father's death. Lucille Clifton captures Everett's conflicting emotions as he confronts this painful reality. We see him struggle through many stages, from denial and anger to depression and, finally, acceptance. In this spare and moving poem, the last in this acclaimed series, Lucille Clifton brings Everett Anderson's life full circle. Everett Anderson's Goodbye is the winner of the 1984 Coretta Scott King Author Award. A Reading Rainbow Selection An NCTE Teachers' Choice
Author Honors
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by
Pretty Pearl, a spirited young African god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the New World where, disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free blacks who have created their own separate world deep inside a vast forest.
Call Number: F H18ma 1998ISBN: 0064401782Publication Date: 1986-11-13
Bright Shadow by
Abyssinia Jackson must learn to cope with tragedy when peace is shattered in her Oklahoma countryside and her boyfriend Carl Lee disappears.
Call Number: F T3643bs 1983ISBN: 9780380845095Publication Date: 1983-09-01
Because We Are by
After a misunderstanding with a white teacher, black honor student Emma is transferred from the integrated high school where she has excelled to a segregated school where she finds a different kind of challenge.
Call Number: F W171b 1983ISBN: 9780688022877Publication Date: 1983-10-01
Illustrator Winner
- My Mama Needs Me by Call Number: E W171m 1983ISBN: 0688016707Publication Date: 1983-04-01Jason wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs him at all after she brings home a new baby from the hospital.
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