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Title

The Glory Field / by Walter Dean Myers.

Author

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

New York, NY : Scholastic, 1994.

Paging

375 p. ; 24 cm.

Summary

Follows a family's two hundred forty-one year history, from the capture of an African boy in the 1750s through the lives of his descendants, as their dreams and circumstances lead them away from and back to the small plot of land in South Carolina that they call the Glory Field.

Web Link

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/myers.htm

Subject(s)

African Americans Fiction.

 

African Americans Fiction.

 

Discrimination Fiction.

 

Family Fiction.

 

Slavery Fiction.

 

South Carolina Fiction.

 

Domestic fiction.

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11/18/96

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Record 2 of 17

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Title

The young landlords / Walter Dean Myers.

Author

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

New York : Viking Press, 1979.

Paging

197 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

Five devoted friends become landlords and try to make their Harlem neighborhood a better place to live.

Subject(s)

Landlord and tenant Fiction.

 

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction.

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12/12/02

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Title

Slam! / Walter Dean Myers.

Author

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

New York : Scholastic Press, c1996.

Paging

266 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.

Subject(s)

African Americans Juvenile literature.

 

Basketball Juvenile literature.

 

High schools Juvenile literature.

 

Prejudices Juvenile literature.

 

Schools Juvenile literature.

 

African Americans Fiction.

 

Basketball stories.

 

High schools Fiction.

 

Prejudices Fiction.

 

Schools Fiction.

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Record 4 of 17

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Title

Shadow of the red moon / Walter Dean Myers ; illustrations by Christopher Myers.

Author

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

New York : Scholastic, c1995.

Paging

183 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Summary

As the Fens attack his home in New City, fifteen-year-old Jon is sent into the Wilderness with other young Okalians to search for the Ancient City, but what he finds is something very different.

Other Authors

Myers, Christopher A.

Subject(s)

Fantasy.

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Record 5 of 17

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Title

Somewhere in the darkness / Walter Dean Myers.

Author

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

New York : Scholastic, c1992.

Paging

168 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

A teenage boy accompanies his father, who has recently escaped from prison, on a trip that turns out to be an, often painful, time of discovery for them both.

Subject(s)

Fathers and sons Fiction.

 

Interpersonal relations Fiction.

 

Prisoners Fiction.

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04/07/05

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Record 6 of 17

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Title

Tears of a tiger / Sharon M. Draper.

Author

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1994.

Paging

162 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Subject(s)

African Americans Fiction.

 

Death Fiction.

 

High schools Fiction.

 

Schools Fiction.

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Title

Copper sun / Sharon Draper.

Author

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.

Paging

302 p. ; 24 cm.

Summary

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

Web Link

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2005005540-d.html

Subject(s)

Slavery Fiction.

 

Indentured servants Fiction.

 

African Americans History 18th century Fiction.

 

South Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction.

 

Florida History Spanish colony, 1565-1763 Fiction.

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Record 8 of 17

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Title

The Battle of Jericho / Sharon M. Draper.

Author

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

New York : Simon Pulse, 2005, c2003.

Paging

337 p. ; 18 cm.

Summary

When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and sail through their cla sses. And when Arielle, one of the finest girls in his class, starts coming on to him once the pledge announcements are made, Jericho is determined to do anything to become a member. But as the initiation week becomes progressively harrowing, Jericho is f orced to make choices he's not entirely comfortable with. And one member seems to have it in for the sole female pledge in the group ... a pledge who will stop at nothing to show she can handle the pressure. But when is she being pushed too far, and when should Jericho and his friends step in and risk losing their places in the pledging process? As Jericho becomes increasingly uneasy, his cousin Joshua breezes through the initiation, never thinking of the consequences, even when the fine line between fun and games, and life and death is crossed.

Web Link

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon033/2002008612.html

Subject(s)

Clubs Fiction.

 

Cousins Fiction.

 

Death Fiction.

 

High schools Fiction.

 

Schools Fiction.

 

Juvenile materials. local

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Record 9 of 17

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Title

The Battle of Jericho / Sharon M. Draper.

Author

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.

Paging

297 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club.

Web Link

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon052/2002008612.html

 

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon033/2002008612.html

Subject(s)

Clubs Fiction.

 

Cousins Fiction.

 

Death Fiction.

 

High schools Fiction.

 

Schools Fiction.

 

Juvenile materials. local

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Record 10 of 17

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Title

Romiette and Julio / Sharon M. Draper.

Author

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999.

Paging

236 p. 22 cm.

Summary

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

Subject(s)

African Americans Fiction.

 

Gangs Fiction.

 

High schools Fiction.

 

Hispanic Americans Fiction.

 

Internet Fiction.

 

Schools Fiction.

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03/15/05

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OLYMPIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

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03/06/06

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Title

 Miracle's boys / Jacqueline Woodson.

Author

 Woodson, Jacqueline.

Publisher

 New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000.

Paging

 133 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

 Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.

Subject(s)

 Brothers Fiction.

 

 Family problems Fiction.

 

 Orphans Fiction.

 

 Racially mixed people Fiction.

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09/23/04

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10/05/05

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Title

 Darkness before dawn / Sharon M. Draper.

Author

 Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

 New York, NY : Simone Pulse, 2002.

Paging

 276 p. ; 18 cm.

Notes

 Previously published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.

Summary

 Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man.

Subject(s)

 High schools Juvenile fiction.

 

 Schools Juvenile fiction.

 

 Rape Juvenile fiction.

 

 African Americans Juvenile fiction.

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03/10/06

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Title

 Tears of a tiger / Sharon M. Draper.

Author

 Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

Publisher

 New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996, c1994.

Paging

 180 p. ; 18 cm.

Summary

 The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Subject(s)

 African Americans Fiction.

 

 Death Fiction.

 

 High schools Fiction.

 

 Schools Fiction.

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03/22/06

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04/10/06

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Record 14 of 17

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Title

 Fire in the hills / Anna Myers.

Author

 Myers, Anna.

Publisher

 New York : Walker and Co., 1996.

Paging

 161 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

 After her mother's death, sixteen-year-old Hallie faces changes in her life in the hills of eastern Oklahoma in 1918, as she takes over caring for her family and begins thinking about life as a woman.

Subject(s)

 Country life Oklahoma Fiction.

 

 Family life Oklahoma Fiction.

 

 World War, 1914-1918 United States Fiction.

 

 Oklahoma Fiction.

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02/24/00

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Record 15 of 17

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Title

 The Beast / Walter Dean Myers.

Author

 Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

 New York : Scholastic, 2003.

Paging

 170 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

 A visit to his Harlem neighborhood and the discovery that the girl he loves is using drugs give sixteen-year-old Anthony Witherspoon a new perspective both on his home and on his life at a Connecticut prep school.

Subject(s)

 African Americans Fiction.

 

 Drug abuse Fiction.

 

 Interpersonal relations Fiction.

 

 Schools Fiction.

 

 Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction.

 

 Juvenile materials. local

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03/02/06

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Title

 Shooter / Walter Dean Myers.

Author

 Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

 [New York] : Amistad/HarperTempest, c2004.

Paging

 223 p. ; 19 cm.

Summary

 Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting. Cameron: "Deep inside, you know that whoever gets up in your face gets there because he knows you 're nothing, and he knows that you know it too." Carla: "What I'm trying to do is to get by -- not even get over, just get by." Leonard: "I have bought a gaw-juss weapon. It lies beneath my bed like a secret lover, quiet, powerful, waiting to work my magi c." Statement of Fact: 17-year-old white male found dead in the aftermath of a shooting incident at Madison High School in Harrison County. Conclusion: Death by self-inflicted wound.

Subject(s)

 Bullying in schools Juvenile fiction.

 

 Emotional problems of teenagers Juvenile fiction.

 

 Problem families Juvenile fiction.

 

 School violence Juvenile fiction.

 

 Schools Juvenile fiction.

 

 Bullying Fiction.

 

 Mental health Fiction.

 

 Family problems Fiction.

 

 School violence Fiction.

 

 Schools Fiction.

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05/03/06

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Record 17 of 17

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Title

 Monster / Walter Dean Myers ; illustrations by Christopher Myers.

Author

 Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-

Publisher

 New York : HarperTempest, 2001.

Paging

 281 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Summary

 While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

Other Authors

 Myers, Christopher A.

Subject(s)

 Trials (Murder) Fiction.

 

 Prisons Fiction.

 

 Self-perception Fiction.

 

 African Americans Fiction.

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05/12/06

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Record 1 of 7

Title Go tell it on the mountain.
Author Baldwin, James, 1924-
Publisher [New York, Dell Pub. Co., 1953]
Paging 221 p.
Series Title A Dell contemporary classic.

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Title A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry.
Author Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
Publisher New York : New American Library, c1966.
Paging 130 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes "A Signet book."

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Title The bluest eye / Toni Morrison ; with a new afterword by the author.
Author Morrison, Toni.
Publisher New York : Knopf, 2000, c1993.
Paging 215 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes "Oprah's book club"--Jacket.
Originally published: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
Subject(s) African Americans Ohio Fiction.
Girls Ohio Fiction.
Ohio Fiction.
Bildungsromans. gsafd

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Record 4 of 7

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Title Paradise / Toni Morrison.
Author Morrison, Toni.
Publisher New York : A.A. Knopf, 1998.
Paging 318 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject(s) African Americans Oklahoma Fiction.
Communal living Oklahoma Fiction.
Women Oklahoma Fiction.
Oklahoma Fiction.
Historical fiction.

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Record 5 of 7

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Title Beloved : a novel / by Toni Morrison.
Author Morrison, Toni.
Publisher New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1987.
Paging 275 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject(s) African Americans Ohio History 19th century Fiction.
Historical fiction. gsafd

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Title Sula.
Author Morrison, Toni.
Publisher New York, Knopf; [distributed by Random House] 1974 [c1973]
Paging 174 p. 22 cm.
Subject(s) African American women Fiction.
City and town life Fiction.
Female friendship Fiction.
Ohio Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

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Title The color purple / Alice Walker.
Author Walker, Alice, 1944-
Publisher New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1992.
Paging xii, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject(s) African American women Fiction.
Sisters Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

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