New York: Atheneum. (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thoughtful story about race and divorce and families written for older children by this award winning author. Eleven-year-old Isabellas blended family is more divided than ever - one week she lives with her black father, the next with her white mother - and it feels like all of their fights are over her. "What does it mean to be half white or half black? To belong to half mom and half dad? And if youre only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole?" 308 pp. ISBN: 978-1442495005.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a prize winning collection of eight short stories "featuring young people, mostly girls, black or biracial, poor or from broken families, almost adults navigating a treacherous world." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Received the Art Seidenbaum Award of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the John C. Zachiris Award given by Ploughshares. Review copy with promotional material laid in. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-395713277.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel for young adults - When fires in Oakland lead to racial tension in the San Francisco Bay Area, bi-racial Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, and so she turns to the story of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery (told as a novel within the novel) as a way to understand her roots and her place in the world. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an author's note and questions for discussion, a glossary and sources. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-310727634.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel for young adults - When fires in Oakland lead to racial tension in the San Francisco Bay Area, bi-racial Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, and so she turns to the story of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery (told as a novel within the novel) as a way to understand her roots and her place in the world. INSCRIBED on the title page. Includes an author's note and questions for discussion, a glossary and sources. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-310727634.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. First edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. INSCRIBED on the title page with a drawing of a flower.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. SIGNED first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. SIGNED on the title page with a drawing of a flower.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - By the daughter of Alice Walker, her first book, an exploration of growing up bi-racial and multi-cultural in the US. ISBN: 1-57322-1694.