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THE JAZZ MAN.
Edition: First thus.
Hartford, CT: Aladdin nd dj, 1966. Hardcover - Children's fiction, set in Harlem, illustrated with woodcuts by Anne Grifalconi. Originally published in 1966. ISBN: 0-689-704321.
Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy library binding, relatively few markings, but missing front endpaper, no dj as issued.
Book ID: 18643More details Price: $12.50 -
ENID AND THE CHURCH FIRE (Our Neighborhood)
Edition: First printing.
Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Large format, illustrated in with soft color drawings throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8054-18857.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53124More details Price: $15.00 -
WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's first novel - written for young adults, this is a coming-of-age story set in a poor Houston neighborhood, a book which gives a voice to children who suffer abuse in silence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-689824688.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine foil dustjacket.
Book ID: 63410More details Price: $18.50 -
SHAYLA'S DOUBLE BROWN BABY BLUES.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First edition - African American author's second novel - written for young adults, set in a poor Houston neighborhood. 300 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63421More details Price: $18.50 -
WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). First edition - African American author's first novel - written for young adults, this is a coming-of-age story set in a poor Houston neighborhood, a book which gives a voice to children who suffer abuse in silence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-689824688.
Condition: Near fine in foil wrappers (corners bumped)
Book ID: 64985More details Price: $17.50 -
EVERY TIME A RAINBOW DIES.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85712More details Price: $17.50 -
ROBIN ON HIS OWN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scholastic, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second book for older children, the story of a young boy who learns when to hold on and when to let go. 154 pp. ISBN: 0-590418130.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36819More details Price: $16.00 -
THE HOUSE YOU PASS ON THE WAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel about family, longing, love and sexuality, and about the history and legacy of racism, Winner of the Corretta Scott King award. SIGNED on the title page. 99 pp.
Condition: Library stamp on endpaper, but an as new uncirculated copy in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 10938More details Price: $28.00 -
HUSH.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, 2002. SIGNED first edition - A coming of age story of a young African American girl, whose family is forced to relocate and assume new identities when her police-officer father insists on testifying against other white police officers in the death of a black boy. INSCRIBED by the author. Finalist for the National Book Award. 178 pp.
Condition: Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 19323More details Price: $35.00 -
LOCOMOTION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Putnam, 2003. SIGNED first edition - A book of poems, as written by an 11 year old boy, Lonnie Coleman - he writes about the death of his parents, living in a foster family and being separated from his younger sister. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Nominated for the National Book Award for young people's literature and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
Condition: Fine (as new) in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 26971More details Price: $35.00 -
LOCOMOTION.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Scholastic, (2004.). SIGNED - A book of poems, as written by an 11 year old boy, Lonnie Coleman - he writes about the death of his parents, living in a foster family and being separated from his younger sister. Nominated for the National Book Award for young people's literature and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. SIGNED on the title page. 100 pp plus 2 pp of activities and questions related to the book. ISBN: 0-439-636159.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 37048More details Price: $18.00 -
AFTER TUPAC & D FOSTER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Story of three girls in Queens, NY in 1996, trying to make sense of an unpredictable world, united by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur and their confidence in the way he keeps coming back even after being shot. A Newbery Honor book, and an ALA Notable Book.SIGNED on the title page. 151 pp. ISBN: 9780399246548.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. First issue dust jacket without the Newbery medallion.
Book ID: 60043More details Price: $45.00 -
MIRACLE'S BOYS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King award. The story of three brothers growing up in New York City, after the death of their parents. The oldest brother Ty'ree is working to support them, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility, and Lafayette, the youngest is approaching 13. SIGNED on the title page. 131 pp. ISBN: 0-399231137.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a just about fine and unmarked dj.
Book ID: 74152More details Price: $25.00 -
MIRACLE'S BOYS.
Edition: 4th printing.
New York: Putnam, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel by this award winning writer. " After fifteen-year-old Jeremiah is mistakenly shot by police, the people who love him struggle to cope with their loss as they recall his life and death, unaware that Miah is watching over them." SIGNED on the title page. 118 pp. ISBN: 0-399231137.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a just about fine and unmarked dj.
Book ID: 74153More details Price: $16.50 -
HARBOR ME.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 78889More details Price: $35.00
