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 [X], prejudices, historical fiction, mystery and detective stories, tennessee, mystery fiction [X]
Shadows On Society Hill
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: african americans [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, philadelphia (pa.), mystery fiction [X]
The Cameo Necklace
Eleven-year-old C?cile Rey searches through many corners of 1854 New Orleans seeking a necklace, borrowed from her Tante Tay, that disappeared as she was exiting a crowded showboat.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: lost articles, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, lost and found possessions, african americans [X], new orleans (la.), mystery fiction [X], french americans, mystery fiction