Circle Of Fire
In 1958, Mendy puts herself in danger when she discovers that the Ku Klux Klan is planning to bomb the Highlander Folk School in order to disrupt a visit from Mendy's hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: roosevelt, eleanor, african americans, prejudices, historical fiction, mystery and detective stories [X], tennessee, mystery fiction
Mystery Of The Dark Tower
In 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially after her father mysteriously disappears.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: parent and child, african americans, harlem renaissance, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction, harlem (new york, n.y.), parent-child relationship