Young Adult

We Could Be Brothers By Derrick Barnes   In this middle grade novel by Derrick Barnes (Crown, King of Kindergarten, Ruby & the Booker Boys), two thirteen- year-old African-American boys become friends during a three-day stint in an...

Ruby Written By Rosa Guy Ruby Cathy feels left without friends, without comfort and without love. Then she meets Daphne Duprey, who is "cool, calm, cultured, sophisticated and refined" - everything that Ruby is not. Together, Ruby and Daphne build a...

Path To My African Eyes Written By Ermila Moodley When her father is transferred from his position as a professor at a Capetown, South Africa university to Buena Vista, California, Thandie Sobukwe says goodbye to her friends, family and favorites...