When Princess Irene is sent away to live in a great old castle-house in the mountains, her life is dull until she happens upon a hidden stairway. But whatever-or whoever-she finds upstairs will lead her out of doors and into the mountains where only the...
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodsons stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.
Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner is  a powerful memoir that tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse .
Twelve-year-old Marie is one of the popular girls in the prosperous black suburb. She?s not looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. But the two girls are drawn to each other. You see, both Lena and Marie have lost their...