Root Magic

Root MagicA poignant, necessary entry into the childrens literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book! Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature! A Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winner! Debut author Eden

And all the while Barclay must ask himself: is there truly a place for him in the Wilderlands

• 2009 Bank Street Claudia Lewis Award winner

In The Bench

so maybe Stella will skip seven altogether and go straight to eight years old

the windows around you light up one by one until you are walking through a maze of paper lanterns

Could Gloria be telling the truth

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and celebrating the differences between himself and the animal friends he meets along the way

After a run-in with her fairy godmother

Luchy Zapata is starting middle school

When I thought about him dreaming

Europe—Antonio Chuffat’s ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba