Bettye Stroud

• Oct-1996
• / General Fiction
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Two young girls take care of their elderly neighbor, Miss Dessa, by fixing her eyeglasses with blue yarn, helping her sew a quilt, taking her biscuits and jam, and tucking her into bed at night, in a beautiful depiction of life of the South fifty yea...

• Apr-2001
• / General Fiction
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In the days following the end of slavery, nine-year-old Little Bit--with courage beyond her years--helps her family escape from Addison Jones, a cruel plantation owner. By the illustrator of Night Golf. ...

• Sep-2001
• / General Fiction
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As his family begins to arrive to celebrate the bountiful harvest, Jack Henry, who has agreed to sleep in the barn to make room for company, finds his mind preoccupied with the snake he has seen in the barn and he must overcome his fears to join in t...

• Sep-2007
• / Action Adventure
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The images stitched into Hannah's quilt lead to secret signposts on the Underground Railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom.

Now that Hannah’s papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her pa...