epub |eng | 2015-10-25 | Author:Megan Stine

Chapter 5 Scarred and Burned After Thriller, Michael Jackson was the most famous pop star in the world. Still, there was a deep sadness in him. It was probably left ...

epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Walter Dean Myers [Myers, Walter Dean]

That Saturday we didn’t have a game or practice. I told myself that I was just going to the Italian team tryouts to see what they were like. But I ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-24 | Author:Marilyn Nelson

Ace Jake said he thought Ace might be a nickname; Nonna’s Ace might be an aviator, the victor in many aerial battles. We know your Ace was a pilot, don’t ...

azw3 |eng | 2014-08-11 | Author:Gregory, Deborah [Gregory, Deborah]

Chapter 7 Seeing my crew on Monday morning in school is like being in the Twilight Zone. I can’t shake this whole thing about Tiffany, but I’m not talking about ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-21 | Author:Jacqueline Woodson [Woodson, Jacqueline]

Chapter Eight AT THE HOUSE TROUT SLOWLY CLIMBED DOWN FROM the truck and moved toward the porch where Mama was standing with Battle. She walked like someone older, someone sure ...

epub |eng | 2011-12-04 | Author:Kekla Magoon

CHAPTER 29 Smiling, i step out into the aisle. “hi, Bailey.” I tuck the Pop-Tarts behind my back like some kind of contraband. Bailey’s mom is a tall, pretty woman ...

epub |eng | 2014-01-13 | Author:Marilyn Nelson

Mama’s rented a colonial house a block from the ocean, in a village where we’re the First Negroes of everything. We’re the First Negro Family in Town, the First Negro ...

epub |eng | | Author:Ronald L. Smith

Jump Back, Evil The next day I stayed close to home. I was tired, and every now and then got a headache on both temples. Maybe flying in the spirit ...

epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Moore, Wes [Wes, Moore,]

As I sat on the other end of the line, listening to my mother talk about "sacrifice," I had no idea what my grandparents had given up. The five minutes ...

epub |eng | 2015-05-11 | Author:Jewell Parker Rhodes

All day, I think and think on the porch. Grandmère offers me food, but I turn it down. Sweet Pea pecks dirt at my feet. Beyond Grandmère’s yard, there are ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-08-15 | Author:Jewell Parker Rhodes

The sun is three o’clock in the sky. The hurricane, says the weatherman, will arrive this evening. Still Sunday I gather all the candles, matches, and flashlights we have. I ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Janet McDonald

Louis Sr.’s height genes had skipped a generation, making for a statuesque Ebony and a tall-for-her-age Starlett. What Aisha got were her mother’s dense bones, which formed a squat frame ...

epub |eng | 2014-04-03 | Author:Varian Johnson

Although Keith Sinclair kept his gaze glued to his tuna sandwich, his abundant interest in his lunch had nothing to do with the quality of the meal. Rather, it was ...

epub |eng | 2005-12-28 | Author:Brenda Woods [Woods, Brenda]

Eddie Two days before Christmas I went to find a present for my baby sister, Hortensia. It was crowded and people bumped into one another like it was expected. “Eddie!” ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-03-21 | Author:Nikki Carter

11 I feel like all these boy shenanigans are getting the best of me. I never do this, but I’m calling my mom because I really need to hear something ...