Books by Virginia Hamilton

"The well-known author retells 24 black American folktales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary ... More

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In the tradition of Hamilton's The People Could Fly and In the Beginning, a dramatic new collection of 25 compelling tales from the female African ... More

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A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the ... More

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Presents Hamilton's perspective on African American literature as well as her own experiences as a writer and an American.

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Hamilton's award-winning companion volume to The People Could Fly includes stunning illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon and is a most important, ... More

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When two strangers enter his life, M.C. Higgins learns the answer to saving his home and family from the slag heap of an Ohio strip mine. "All of the ... More

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"With her father long gone and M'Vy, her practical-nurse mother, away most of the time 14-year-old Teresa (Tree) care for her retarded older brother, ... More

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This true story is the historically accurate account of the escape, capture, and sensational Boston trial in 1854 of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns ... More

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Two outsiders in New York, Junior Brown a rich, black, fat, musical genius and Buddy, a street-wise orphan build a model universe. The model becomes ... More

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The title story in Virginia Hamilton's prize-winning black American folktale collection is a fantasy tale of the slaves who possessed the ancient ... More

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In this African American retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin", Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.

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Thomas, Dorian, Justice, and Levi, bound together by their extrasensory powers, journey to a future land where three-legged, humanlike creatures ... More

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Pretty Pearl, a spirited young African god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the New World where, disguised as a human, she lives among ... More

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A black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred ... More

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Now in paperback comes a true literary landmark--one of the most successful serious books of poetry of our era.

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Justice and her brothers, the first of a new race with extraordinary powers, return to Dustland in order to destroy the force that retards the growth ... More

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Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely ... More

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A quietly beautiful coming-of-age story from a master storyteller. Eleven-year-old Valena lives in both the present and the past as she struggles ... More

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Dreenie Douglas's journal revolves around a girl in her fifth grade class called Bluish. Dreenie's fascination with Bluish becomes all consuming, ... More

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Beliefs and Blasphemies exhibits the same qualities--accessibility, deep feeling, wisdom, humor, and technical brilliance--that made Virginia ... More

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11-year-old Cammy loves her grandmother deeply, but loathes her too-perfect cousin, Patty Ann. A childhood feud leads to a personal tragedy and a ... More

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Going forward without a past is not easy--Buhlaire Sims has been doing it as long as she can remember. Her mother is silent about her missing father, ... More

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A collection of creation stories from around the world. They range from Eskimo legend to American Indian folk-tale, and feature characters such as ... More

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Returning to the range, structure, and lyric quality of the national bestseller Ants on the Melon, Virginia Hamilton Adair's new collection of poetry ... More

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