Joyce Carol Thomas

• 1983
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She has grown up--Abyssinia Jackson has--under a vast Oklahoma sky shaded with pecan trees and dotted by endless rows of cotton. She has the gift of song, a storyteller's talent, the love of her parents, and the affection and pride of her community. ...

• Sep-1983
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• Feb-1986
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Amber Westbrook, who is more reflective, more intense, and more emotional than the rest of her family, escapes to the river when the arrival of a letter shatters her world in order to discover the meaning of her life....

• Jun-1986
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• Oct-1987
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• Oct-1990
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A collection of eleven short stories depicting what it is like to be young in America, exploring such diverse cultures as urban San Francisco, a Chippewa Indian reservation, and a Latino barrio in Chicago....

• Nov-1992
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Despite her mean-spirited foster mother's attempts to demean her, fourteen-year-old orphan Marigold finds the song within her heart during the search for a new lead gospel singer for the Rose of Sharon Baptist Church...

• Jan-1996
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An award-winning, beautiful picture book -- poetry and art exploring issues of African American identity. A favorite book to share in schools and homes.

Included in Brightly.com's 2017 list of recommended diverse poetry picture books for ki...

• Jan-1997
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• Feb-2000
• / General Fiction
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I have heard of a landWhere the imagination has no fencesWhere what is dreamed one nightIs accomplished the next day

In the late 1880s, signs went up all around America - land was free in the Oklahoma territory. And it w...

• Aug-2000
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A collection of African-American lullabies enhanced by the improvisational styles of such artists as Harry Belafonte and Oscar Brown, Jr. is accompanied by piano scores, introductory notes, and historical information....

• Sep-2000
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• Mar-2002
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Now in paperback -- the wonderful first novel praised by Billie Letts: "Joyce Carol Thomas's writing glows with the illumination of 'glory light.' "

In this joyful, moving novel, Joyce Carol Thomas tells the story of Dr. Abyssinia Jackson, a regal,...

• May-2004
• / General Fiction
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Once upon a time . . .

There was a singing Cinderella?

Yes, with a voice as flavorful as licorice.

There was also a Crooked Foster Mother and two evil sisters. A Queen Mother Rhythm and a Prince of Music.

And while there'...

• Jan-2007
• / General Fiction
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SHOUTING is the holy dance. It's the exhilarating, foot-tapping, hand-clapping, gospel slide, quick-step-of-the feet, and being seized by the spirit in the sanctified church. Propelled by music, you can hear and feel this dance from your soul to the ...

• Jul-2008
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Black is dazzling and distinctive, like toasted wheat berry bread; snowberries in the fall; rich, red cranberries; and the bronzed last leaves of summer. In this lyrical and luminous poetry collection, Coretta Scott King honorees Joyce Carol Thom...

• Sep-2012
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I ease myself back in the window seat and breathe in as the train breathes out We're on our way! On our way to the Land of Milk and Honey Lemons as big as oranges, the cool Pacific Ocean, mountains that rise up beyond the outstretched b...

• / Horror
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