Virginia Hamilton, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $0 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-284215-4
In this world-spanning collection of 25 tales about dealings with the spirit world, award-winning author Hamilton presents a close look at readers' deepest fears and most fervent wishes. The anthology includes the myth of Medusa and Perseus, the...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Point Signature $4.99 (214p) ISBN 978-0-590-36214-6
Hamilton explores twinship and extrasensory forces in Book One of the Justice Cycle, which continues with Dustland and The Gathering. Ages 11-up. (Jan.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Blue Sky Press (AZ) $13.95 (194p) ISBN 978-0-590-47364-4
The revelation that her father is close to home and not ``missing in Nam'' hits Buhlaire-Marie Sims like a bomb. All at once, her life is turned upside down. The people she trusted--Mama, Aunt Digna and Uncle Sam--seem to be liars; meanwhile,...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Scholastic $4.5 (214p) ISBN 978-0-590-36217-7
The second book in Hamilton's Justice cycle features four teenage time travelers who have ESP. When they find themselves trapped in a barren future land, they must work together to escape. Ages 11-up. (Feb.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-590-47365-1
ISBN 0-590-47365-4 In a starred review, PW said, ``With exceptional grace and honesty, Hamilton sketches a vibrant portrait of a gifted 12-year-old of mixed race in search of her identity.'' Ages 12-up. (Mar.)q
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Point Signature $4.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-13005-9
When Talley's high school buses in whites, she finds herself drawn into a labyrinth of drugs, heavy metal and sexual attraction. ""A sad but resoundingly effective story,"" said PW. Ages 13-up. (Apr.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $11.95 (193p) ISBN 978-0-394-88185-0
Hamilton roundly accomplishes what must have been a formidable task: reconstructing the life of a slave, Anthony Burns, for his story was mostly unrecorded when he was young, and his later years were scrupulously observed in court transcripts and...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Simon Pulse $5.99 (278p) ISBN 978-0-02-043490-0
This rare bookwinner of the Newbery Medaltells of a young boy's fighting chance to save his family's home. Ages 12-up. (October)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Greenwillow Books $17.99 (217p) ISBN 978-0-688-04026-0
Through young Thomas Small, Hamilton resolves the large questions posed in The House of Dies Drear. Thomas's father is listing the treasures cached in the Underground Railwaytunnels that honeycomb abolitionist Drear's landwhile the boy learns more...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.5 (193p) ISBN 978-0-679-83997-2
This riveting, much lauded historical chronicle concerns a Virginia slave's aborted flight to freedom--and subsequent trial; PW said, ``This moving story becomes all the more scathing and rich for being rooted in truth.'' All ages. (Feb.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $4.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-590-45436-0
A tragedy forces Cammy to confront ambivalent feelings about two very different cousins; PW noted that this ``elegant, stirring tapestry of family life . . . features strong characterizations and incisive writing.'' Ages 9-13. (Jan.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Blue Sky Press (AZ) $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-590-47368-2
Hamilton fans who have wondered what happened to Cammy Coleman after the death of her cousin Patty Ann will find the answer in this sequel to Cousins, which introduces many new members of the Coleman clan. The author's on-target dialogue and...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author , read by Lisa Renée Pitts. Blackstone Audio $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7861-8242-8
Pitts gives a sparkling performance of Hamilton's last novel, which was completed before her death in 2002. As precocious and likable 11-year-old Valena, Pitts is particularly sharp, a fact that will surely draw listeners into this tale that...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author , illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Knopf $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-82405-0
Resplendent, powerful paintings by these two-time Caldecott-winning artists bring new life to the title story from the late Hamilton's 1985 collection, The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
. Making dramatic use of shadow and light, Leo
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Simon Pulse $3.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-71328-6
In Xenia, Ohio, in 1938, Orson Welles's famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast throws a black girl and her family into confusion, in Hamilton's deftly entertaining work. Ages 9-12. (Oct.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author Philomel Books $17.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-399-22164-4
Award-winning author Hamilton weaves threads of love and tragedy into an elegant, stirring tapestry of family life. Young Cammy loves her old Gram Tut dearly--even though she's bedridden in a nursing home; she is ambivalent about her distant, very...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Arnold Adoff, Editor, Kacy Cook, Editor . Scholastic/Blue Sky $29.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-439-27193-6
For reference or casual enjoyment, these volumes offer extensive looks at children’s books and theircreators.
Virginia Hamilton: Speeches, Essays, and Conversations
Edited by Arnold Adoff
and Kacy Cook
. Scholastic/Blue Sky
, $29.99 (368p)...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Leo Dillon, Illustrator, Diane Dillon, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $13 (192p) ISBN 978-0-679-84336-8
This widely lauded anthology boasts stunning black-and-white artwork and stirringly told stories with such evocative titles as ``The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower'' and ``Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man.'' All ages. (Feb.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Leo Dillon, Illustrator, Diane Dillon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $25.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-590-47370-5
The distinguished creators of The People Could Fly and Many Thousand Gone return for this striking collection of 17 tales, each featuring an African American woman or girl as the main character. True stories, ghost stories, folk legends, classic...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Leo Dillon, Illustrator, Diane Dillon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-47378-1
In this evocative picture book, Hamilton (Her Stories; Bluish) spins a new tale from old, as she adapts a West Indian version of ""Rumpelstiltskin."" The warm Caribbean climes are home to Quashiba, a young spinner woman who becomes wife to the ruler
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Leo Dillon, Illustrator, Diane Dillon, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $24.99 (178p) ISBN 978-0-394-86925-4
Three winners of multiple honors have created this incomparable book. The Dillons illustrate Hamilton's 24 stories with marvelous pictures alive with the spirit of each: sly humor, mystery, pathos and, most powerfully, the human need for freedom. In
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, J. Brian Pinkney, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $18.95 (54p) ISBN 978-0-15-224241-1
Endowing her eponymous protagonist with the mystical qualities of a folk hero and the wry wit of a boy, Newbery Medalist Hamilton has created a provocative tale with both spiritual and environmental allusions. Lindy and her parents rescue a tall,...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, James Ransome, Illustrator . Scholastic/Blue Sky $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-590-28881-1
This uneven work from the late Hamilton juxtaposes a contemporary framework story about young Valena, during the summer before she enters sixth grade, with a number of interconnected " 'reckons,'... stories told of past times" that...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, James Ransome, Illustrator , illus. by James E. Ransome. Scholastic/Blue Sky $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-47376-7
In this sparkling Gullah version of a favorite Brer Rabbit story, the immediacy and quirky originality of the late Hamilton's voice make ordinary prose seem quite dull in comparison. The author balances the dialect just right, capturing the...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, James Ransome, Illustrator . Scholastic $4.99 (127p) ISBN 978-0-439-36786-8
When she starts at a new school, Dreenie feels drawn to a frail classmate, whom everyone calls "Bluish." In a starred review, PW
said, "Readers will come to cherish Dreenie's openheartedness." Ages 9-12. (June)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, James Ransome, Illustrator, Leo Dillon, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $16.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-590-28879-8
Integrating third-person narrative with entries from fifth-grader Dreenie's journal, Hamilton (Second Cousins) poignantly traces the evolution of an unusual friendship. When she starts a new school, Dreenie feels drawn to a frail classmate named...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $19.95 (72p) ISBN 978-0-590-47372-9
With impressive aplomb, Hamilton follows the ambitious Her Stories with eight animal tales, reworked from 19th-century originals recorded by a slave owner's daughter. The stories are told in the cante fable tradition, with plenty of rhyming and...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator Blue Sky Press $22.95 (112p) ISBN 978-0-590-47374-3
From Africa and the West Indies to the American South, Hamilton reaches into a bountiful international storybag and pulls out this plum collection of trickster tales. Some of the animal characters with which she emerges are familiar (Anansi, Bruh...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $20 (161p) ISBN 978-0-15-238742-6
According to PW , ``Moser's watercolors gleam like jewels amid the setting of the text. His people and creatures gaze out at readers, as if to challenge their imaginations to comprehend the chaos before creation.'' Ages 12-up. (Aug.)
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator , illus. by Barry Moser. Scholastic/Blue Sky $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-28880-4
Late author Hamilton, who collaborated with Moser on A Ring of Tricksters
, concocted this nightmarish tale from elements of folklore. In the bizarre events, pictured in shadowy wood engravings, rural child James Lee sees a Wee Winnie (the name his...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator, Barry Moser, With Harcourt Children's Books $28 (176p) ISBN 978-0-15-238740-2
In 25 myths, life begins after some being either directs others to get or make soil, or forms the earth from nothing, or opens a box, or separates earth, sky and waters; the methods of creation are only limited by the number of stories in the book....
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, Leo Dillon, Author, Diane Dillon, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $18 (151p) ISBN 978-0-394-82873-2
The inspired pairing of this Newbery winner and these two-time Caldecott recipients has yielded a heartfelt and ultimately heartening chronicle of African Americans from the earliest days of slavery to the 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment to...
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Virginia Hamilton, Author, E. Hamilton, Author, Floyd Cooper, Illustrator Blue Sky Press (AZ) $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-590-47366-8
When Rundi Jaguarundi and Coati Coatimundi, creatures of a threatened rain forest, decide to journey north in search of a more congenial habitat, some animals caution them to stay-``Adapt is what we must do,'' warns the Big Brown Bat. But no matter...
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