Morrison, Toni

"Offers a humorous and insightful look at how children experience meanness and anger in our world . . . To a child, meanness can have many shapes, sizes, and sounds. The wise young narrator shows that meanness can be a whisper or a shout, a smile or a frown as the list of mean people grows to include parents, siblings, and bullies of several varieties"--Provided by publisher.

Follows the life of Macon Dead, Jr., the son of the richest black family in a midwestern town, as he leaves home on a quest for personal freedom.

Presents three novels about African American life by the American author including "The Bluest Eye," "Song of Solomon," and "Beloved.".

Two African American women, Sula and Nel, were life-long friends who grew up in a small, poor Ohio town until Sula left for the big city and returned years later to find that she and Nel are worlds apart.

A collection of selected essays, speeches, and meditations by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison spanning four decades of her career and exploring society, culture, and art.

When a small African girl named Florens is taken on as a slave by an Anglo-Dutch trader, she looks for love in the hearts of the individuals she meets and attempts to overcome thoughts of her mother, who cast off Florens in an attempt to save her life.

Follows the life of Bride, a young African American woman, as she forms connections with a man named Booker and a white child named Rain while trying to get close to her emotionally distant mother.

Pecola Breedlove is a young black girl who longs for the blond hair and blue eyes that define beauty and acceptance for her. As she yearns to fit in, her life begins to fall apart.