Black & African American Stories
epub |eng | 2020-04-28 | Author:Joey Ellis [Manning, Matthew K.]

“Ronk!” Xander called, realizing that he sounded as strange as this Rainbow-Barfing Unicorn with the very limited vocabulary. “RONK!” Ronk said again. He jumped out of the car’s frame and ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories February 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-13 | Author:Matthew K. Manning [Manning, Matthew K.]

Blep kicked open the gate that stood between the landfill and the orchard. Then he froze in his tracks. “Oh,” he said. Such a quiet response seemed very unlike the ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories February 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-28 | Author:Joey Ellis [Manning, Matthew K.]

CHAPTER EIGHT “I’m starting to think it was a mistake to come here,” said Bubblegum as she led Xander down Whittle Street. Bubblegum Taffy was the only unicorn not wearing ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories February 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-28 | Author:Joey Ellis [Manning, Matthew K.]

CHAPTER TEN As they ran through the woods, Xander learned all about the strange world he was accidentally exploring. Luckily, thoughts don’t get winded. Even when sprinting at full speed, ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories February 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-01-17 | Author:Zetta Elliott [Elliott, Zetta]

Just when I think I can see an end up ahead, Vik makes a sound that causes me to turn back. Vik plugs his nose, which probably means Shifaka let ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories February 5,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-27 | Author:Nicole D. Collier

Chapter Seventeen Speaking Up I didn’t hear my alarm. Oh no! I jumped out of bed, shocked at the sunlight brightening my room. Shouldn’t it still be dark? I tripped ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories February 5,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-30 | Author:Diana G Gallagher [Gallagher, Diana G.]

OwenIII said: I don’t care if you sold a thousand tickets. I don’t want a bunch of Pine Tree kids at this dance. You’re taking all the fun out of ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 31,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Juanita Havill [Havill, Juanita]

The next time they had art Jamaica was glad Russell didn't sit at her table. Then he couldn't bother her, and she didn't have to share her markers with him, ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 31,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-12-28 | Author:Tina Wells [Wells, Tina]

I quickly pulled on an oversized white T-shirt and a pair of jeans and slid the printed silk headband that Nia had bought for me this summer around my head. ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Varian Johnson

By the time Ant got to class, most of the other students had partnered up for another of Mr. Reese’s early morning game-without-a-prize activities. Terrence and Shirley were already in ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 17,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-13 | Author:Eloise Greenfield and Ehsan Abdollahi

Kimmy likes to play ball, throw it, kick it, sit on it, bounce on it. When she gets up, I pounce on it, kick it, move it with my nose. ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2021-02-16 | Author:Christine Platt

“Good luck, Andrew!” Mama, Papa, and Ana hugged Andrew the day he tried out for the team. After tryouts, the coach would send his parents an email to let them ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-15 | Author:Angela Shanté

When Ms.Johnson opens the door, she apologizes for keeping us late.She sings each student out in a robot voice. This makes the parents and students laugh. That night at dinner ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories January 7,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kacen Callender

* * * I got so lost in thought, sitting there on that couch, that I’m surprised when the door opens again. I hear the jingle of keys as my ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories December 19,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-20 | Author:Whoopi Goldberg [Goldberg, Whoopi/Underwood, Deborah and Evans, Ashley]

She snorts. “Of course not. Do you think I would have agreed to come if I’d known you’d be here?” I love how she says, “agreed to come,” as if ...
( Category: Black & African American Stories December 19,2022 )