Season Of Secrets

NICHOLLS, SALLY
After the death of her mother, Molly is sent to live with her grandparents, where her grief is exacerbated by her loneliness, the unfamiliarity of the Northumberland countryside, and her difficult relationship with her sister. She meets a mysterious man in the woods with magical powers and hopes he can resurrect her mother. Based on the legend of the Green Man, the story weaves fantasy and reality in an exploration of grief, renewal, and the healing of a family. Grades 4-7.

Arthur A. Levine Books 2012 224 PP. Blank

$16.99 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Snake Fence

BY JANET KASTNER OLSHEWSKY
The tale of a Quaker farm boy caught up in the adventures and politics of Coloni al Pennsylvania during the French and Indian Wars. Noble Butler struggles to find his own identity and establish his own principles amid the competing problems of natives, settlers, and the pacifist Quaker founders of Pennsylvania. Written for middle school readers, this story is based on careful historical research with sympathetic treatments of all sides in the unfolding struggles.

QuakerBridge Media 2013 235 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

No Crystal Stair

A Documentary Novel Of The Life And Work Of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller

BY VAUNDA MICHEAUX NELSON
When a white banker advised him to sell fried chicken, not books, because "Negroes don't read," Lewis Michaux took five books and $100 and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center of Harlem, a refuge for everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X. Michaux's great niece, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, combines meticulous research with a storyteller's flair to document the life and times of an extraordinary literacy pioneer of the Civil Rights era. Young adult.

Carolrhoda Lab 2012 188 PP. Cloth

$17.95 (in stock)