Keisha, a 14-year-old growing up in Georgia, narrates the events of a pivotal summer in Coleman's (White Socks Only) inspiring novel. When her high school guidance counselor thwarts her efforts to get into Avery's fast-track pre-med program...
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Evelyn Coleman, Author . S&S/ Pulse $5.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-689-85552-8
A guidance counselor thwarts Keisha's efforts to get into a pre-med track and places her in a summer program for at-risk kids; however, she learns there to deal with her own racial prejudice, and uncovers a natural talent for swimming. "Kei
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Evelyn Coleman, Author . S&S/McElderry $15.99 (140p) ISBN 978-0-689-84716-5
Set in Atlanta in 1947, Coleman's (Born in Sin
) novel looks at charged emotions in the segregated South. Twelve-year-old Clyde lives in the “mill village,” where his mother works long hours to support their family. Clyde looks...
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Evelyn Coleman, Author Simon & Schuster $23 (320p) ISBN 978-0-684-83175-6
A journalist risks life and limb--and heartbreak--as she investigates the disappearance of her fiance in this assured thriller from first-time novelist Coleman. After Kenneth Lawson deserts African American Atlanta journalist Patricia Conley on...
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Evelyn Coleman, Author, Daniel Minter, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-722816-8
Hezekiah, identified not as a slave but an ``enslaved man,'' dreams of being ``free like a bird.'' After his escape attempt is thwarted by a band of snapping dogs, Hezekiah takes a tip from a wise crow and resolves to discover the slave master's...
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Evelyn Coleman, Author, Tyrone Geter, Illustrator Albert Whitman & Company $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8075-8955-7
Subtle and stirring, this tale-within-a-tale begins with an affectionate exchange between an African American girl and her grandmother, then telescopes to encompass an electrifying moment fraught with personal and political significance. Grandma...
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