Margaret and Maizon may not be family but they feel like sisters. they have done everything together since they can remember on their block in Brooklyn. Everything might be changing though. Margaret’s father is int he hospital and for the first time she and Maizon will be split up. Maizon is afraid to go to a school with hardly any black students and Margaret is afraid of feeling all alone. Will they both survive the fall?
Mrs. Branyon
Tags: family, friendship, growing-up, relationships
Cassie’s family, which is African-American, is different from many of the other families during 1933 because they own their land. Cassie doesn’t understand why this is important until the year of the night riders, the farm burnings, and overwhelming fear. It is only then that Cassie understands that it is the land that gives her family courage and pride and nothing can take that away. “With the land to hold them together, nothing can tear them apart.”
Mrs. Branyon
Tags: adventure, family, history, race relations, relationships
Charlie Bone can hear the voices of the people in the photographs he sees. He doesn’t like this talent but his evil aunts think it is wonderful. They send him to a special school with other students who have equally mysterious powers. Charlie begins to investigate his school and his classmates and discovers some hidden problems. Will Charlie be able to leave the school and report his discoveries? But more importantly: Will Charlie be allowed to live?
Mrs. Branyon
Tags: action-adventure, family, friendship, magic, relationships
