Mildred Pitts Walter, Author . HarperCollins $15.95 (119p) ISBN 978-0-06-623624-7
Coretta Scott King medalist Walter (Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World) turns in a flat novel about an 11-year-old boy whose extended Creole family gathers in Louisiana to celebrate the birthday of his paternal great-grandfather. Ray is...
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author Bradbury Press $11.95 (117p) ISBN 978-0-02-792511-1
Mariah, 11, has always felt close to her family. She loves her tall, handsome father, her energetic mother and slightly weird sister Lynn. Her number-one love, however, is Sheik Bashara, a dazzling rock star. So when Mariah learns that Sheik Bashara
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author Bradbury Press $18.95 (205p) ISBN 978-0-02-792301-8
Walter ( Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World ; Trouble's Child ) here painstakingly documents the courageous struggle of African Americans in Mississippi to overcome pervasive racism and to win their economic and political rights. The author...
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-80307-9
Walter, said PW, ``painstakingly documents the courageous struggle of African Americans in Mississippi to overcome pervasive racism and win their economic and political rights.'' Ages 12-up. (Jan.)...
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author Scholastic $15.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-590-48282-0
Walter (Mississippi Challenge) treats fiction as the handmaiden of history and politics in this fact-based story, drawing from research about Mum Bett, a Massachusetts slave who successfully sued for her freedom shortly after the Revolutionary War....
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author Troll Communications $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8167-1838-2
PW praised this ``warm, thought-provoking book'' about an 11-year-old's family tensions and her all-absorbing crush on a rock star. Ages 8-14. (Oct.)
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author, Catherine Stock, Illustrator Yearling Books $5.5 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-80346-1
""Refreshing, likable characters, an exciting rodeo and a history of the black cowboys combine to create a very special story,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Jan.)
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author, Teresa Flavin, Illustrator HarperCollins $16.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-688-16547-5
Xander's fellow sixth-graders and his perfect older sister Brandy taunt the artistic 11-year-old by calling him ""Suitcase"" and ""See-more"" because he's a gangly six feet two inches tall and wears a size 13 shoe. But his father's disappointment in
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Mildred Pitts Walter, Author, Pat Cummings, Illustrator Bradbury Press $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-792290-5
Walter and Cummings, winners of Coretta Scott King Awards for fiction and illustration, respectively, both bring considerable talent to this gentle story of a seven-year-old boy and his mischievous two-year-old sister. Brandon agrees to take care of
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