Presenting an alternative version of African American history, this novel explores what might have happened if John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry had been successful. Chronicling life in a thriving black nation founded by Brown in the former southeastern United States, this dramatic story opens 100 years later, just as Nova Africa is poised to celebrate its first landing of a spacecraft on Mars. The prosperous black state will soon be tested when the granddaughter of John Brown returns from Africa to reunite with her daughter and share with her a secret that will alter their lives forever.
Biography of experiences by an American living in Southeast Turkey and Northern Iraq during and after the first Gulf War.
A New Mexico man faces off against the government in a battle over his land in this novel by the author of Desert Solitaire.
Fire on the Mountain
A current member of the Sandinista government recalls his personal experience as a guerrilla fighter.
A retelling of an Ethiopian folktale about a clever young shepherd boy who outwits a haughty rich man and gains a fortune for himself and his sister.
Fire on the Mountain
Portraying family dynamics and middle-school antics with equal insight and attention to detail, Igor’s first-person narrative is absorbing.”–Booklist “Featuring effective worldbuilding, this is a great, suspenseful tale of terror ...
A compilation of favorite folktales exhibiting wisdom and experience
"This book is a call to the greatest adventure that can be lived in this life.
Geronimo's adventurous sister Thea narrates this fabulous adventure that's packed with action, mystery, and friendship!Thea's friends the Thea Sisters take off for Australia to solve a mystery.