Fredrick Mckissack: 4 books
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
Life in Medieval Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
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...
by Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
MIAMI JACKSON CAN’T wait for school to end. But who ever thought five days could be so long? His teacher is leaving for Ghana, his arch-enemy, Destinee Tate, is on his case, and now Miami’s keeping secrets from his best friend, String. Summer can’t come soon enough!
Let My People Go
Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
"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...
by Fredrick L. McKissack Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
A natural-born athlete, Jomo Rogers has talent that is easy to spot on the football field, and local reporters are taking notice. But the buzz keeps focusing on his potential, on his promise. Jomo doesn’t want to be the “next big thing.” He wants to be the real deal . . . in as little time as...