New Releases by Tonya Bolden

In a warm, personal voice, Tonya Bolden explores what it has meant to be young and black in America. From the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown, through the Revolution, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the fight for civil rights, right on up to our own time, Bolden brings to light how black children have worked and played, suffered and rejoiced. 127 illustrations.

Explores what it has meant to be young and black in America from the first recorded birth of a black child in Jamestown right on up until our own time.

Ten-year-old Beryl is fairly content with her life in East Harlem in the 1960s, until she learns that her older sister is really her half-sister and worries that her family will begin to change.

Based on a Broadway musical written, produced and directed by Higginsen, this novelization is the story of Higginsen''s sister.