Woodson, Jacqueline

When Mama's pregnancy draws attention away from Gia, she worries that the special bond they share will disappear forever once the baby is born.

When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.

Clover always wondered why there was a fence that separated the black side of town from the white side. When a young white girl, from the other side, starts to sit on the fence, her curiousity, and a friendship, develops.

A story of family life among African Americans and Latinos living in Brooklyn during the Vietnam era.

Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.

A young girl describes her various relatives and the foods they bring to the annual family picnic.

Collects two novels by Jacqueline Woodson, including "If You Come Softly," in which Jeremiah and Ellie fall in love after they meet at their private school in New York, but their different racial backgrounds are a cause for concern among those around them; and "Behind You," in which Jeremiah's loved ones struggle with grief after he is mistakenly shot by police.

Thirteen-year-old Lena and her younger sister Dion mourn the death of their mother as they hitchhike from Ohio to Kentucky while running away from their abusive father.

A child and her grandmother feel sad when Grandpa dies, but as time passes, funny memories of him make them laugh and feel better.