Download or read book The Clone Codes written by Pat McKissack and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack have collaborated with their son, John, to deliver a novel that is as suspenseful as it is searing. "The Clone Codes" is the first installment of a sci-fi trilogy that blends a futuristic society with events in world history.
Download or read book The Dark Thirty written by Patricia McKissack and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original, spine-tingling tales inspired by African American history and the mystery of that eerie half hour before nightfall—the dark-thirty.
Download or read book The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana Mali and Songhay written by Patricia McKissack and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stretched across Africa. Scraping away hundreds of years of ignorance, prejudice, and mythology, award-winnnig authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack reveal the glory of these forgotten empires while inviting us to share in the inspiring process of historical recovery that is taking place today.
Download or read book Let My People Go written by Patricia C. McKissack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Come join me as I take you back to Charleston, South Carolina, to my father's forge in the early 1800's. Sit with me on the woodpile as he tells a tale of faith, hope, or love." In this extraordinary collection, Charlotte Jefferies and her father Price, a former slave, introduce us to twelve best loved Bible tales, from Genesis to Daniel, and reveal their significance in the lives of African Americans--and indeed of all oppressed peoples. When Charlotte wants to understand the cruel injustices of her time, she turns to her father. Does the powerful slaveholder, Mr. Sam Riley, who seems to own all that surrounds them, also own the sun and moon? she wonders. Price's answer is to tell the story of Creation. How can God allow an evil like slavery to exist? she asks. Price responds by telling the story of the Hebrews' Exodus -- and shows Charlotte that someday their people, too, will be free. With exquisite clarity, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack and James Ransome -- a Newbery Honor winner and all Coretta Scott King Award winners -- brilliantly illuminate the parallels between the stories of the Jews and African-American history. Let My People Go is a triumphant celebration of both the human spirit and the enduring power of story as a source of strength. Our hope is that this book will be like a lighthouse that can guide young readers through good times and bad....The ideas that these ancient stories hold are not for one people, at one time, in one place. They are for all of us, for all times, everywhere. --from the Authors' Note to Let My People Go
Download or read book Miami Gets It Straight written by Pat McKissack and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2004-12-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stepping Stone Books.
Download or read book Goin Someplace Special written by Patricia C. McKissack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through moving prose and beautiful watercolors, a Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator duo collaborate to tell the poignant tale of a spirited young girl who comes face to face with segregation in her southern town. There’s a place in this 1950s southern town where all are welcome, no matter what their skin color…and ’Tricia Ann knows exactly how to get there. To her, it’s someplace special and she’s bursting to go by herself. But when she catches the bus heading downtown, unlike the white passengers, she must sit in the back behind the Jim Crow sign and wonder why life’s so unfair. Still, for each hurtful sign seen and painful comment heard, there’s a friend around the corner reminding ’Tricia Ann that she’s not alone. And her grandmother’s words—“You are somebody, a human being—no better, no worse than anybody else in this world”—echo in her head, lifting her spirits and pushing her forward.
Download or read book Cyborg written by Pat McKissack and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a cyborg, tells his story. Houston must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe, where the government uses laws to torment its citizens, especially cyborgs.
Download or read book Red tail Angels written by Pat McKissack and published by Walker. This book was released on 1995 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of African American pilots with a focus on World War II.
Download or read book Messy Bessey s Family Reunion written by Pat McKissack and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having fun at their family reunion, Messy Bessey's family cleans up and leaves the park as beautiful as when they arrived.
Download or read book Hard Labor written by Pat McKissack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erased by Time In 1619 twenty Africans stepped foot on American soil. They came not as slaves, but as indentured servants. They knew if they could hold on and finish out their sentences, they would be free. They came with dreams of the future and a vision of life as good as any other person's, black or white. Who were these people? How did they get here? What happened to them? Much of the information about them -- even their names -- has been lost. Stories about them are incomplete, and facts are blurred by centuries of neglect. But their stories are worth knowing and keeping and sharing, for they are a part of the American saga. This is their story.
Download or read book Christmas in the Big House Christmas in the Quarters written by Patricia C. McKissack and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
Download or read book A Long Hard Journey written by Pat McKissack and published by Walker & Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of the first black-controlled union, made up of Pullman porters, who after years of unfair labor practices staged a battle against a corporate giant resulting in a "David and Goliath" ending.
Download or read book Patricia and Fredrick McKissack written by Michelle Parker-Rock and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A short biography of this husband and wife writing team, including their relationship, how they became authors, how they write together, and their advice for young, aspiring authors"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Rebels Against Slavery written by Pat McKissack and published by Polaris. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects the true stories of brave African American rebels who fought against slavery, from Cinque, who pleaded his case before the Supreme Court, to Nat Turner, who led one of the greatest revolts in history.
Download or read book Young Black and Determined written by Pat McKissack and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the black playwright who received great recognition for her work at an early age.
Download or read book Sojourner Truth written by Patricia McKissack and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.
Download or read book A Picture of Freedom written by Pat McKissack and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859"--Cover.
