Lester, Julius

A young girl named Silence was cast out of her village because she tried to climb the mountain to find her dead parents. She's happy living among the trees, but when she's told by the most ancient tree, Wonderboom, to return to the village that threw her away, she reluctantly agrees to go. Her purpose is to "save Yesterday" by teaching the villagers to honor their ancestors by remembering them.

A retelling of the African-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.

Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

A retelling of the classic Afro-American tales relating the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.