[ezcol_1half]Invasion
New York, Scholastic, 2013
Grade: 6-8; 9-12
Ages: 12+
The Cruisers Book 4: Oh, Snap!
New York, Scholastic, 2013
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14
The Get Over
New York, HarperCollins, 2013
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+ [/ezcol_1half]
[ezcol_1half_end]Darius & Twig
New York, HarperCollins, 2013
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
Tags (short stories)
New York, HarperCollins, 2013
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+ [/ezcol_1half_end]
[ezcol_1half]The Cruisers Book 3: A Star Is Born
New York, Scholastic, 2012
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14
Just Write: Here’s How!
New York, HarperCollins, 2012
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
All the Right Stuff
Amistad; New York, HarperCollins, 2012
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
Guys Read: Pirate
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
The Cruisers Book 2: Checkmate
New York, Scholastic, 2011
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14
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[ezcol_1half_end]Carmen
Egmont USA, 2011
Grade Level: 7-9
Ages: 12+
We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade: 1-5
Ages: 6-10
Looking for the Easy Life
Illustrated by Lee Harper
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8
Kick (Co-authored w/Ross Workman)
New York, HarperCollins, 2011
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
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[ezcol_1half]The Cruisers
New York, Scholastic, 2010
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14
Lockdown
Amistad; New York, HarperCollins, 2010
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champion
Illustrated by Alix Delinois
New York, HarperCollins, 2009
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8
Looking Like Me
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Egmont USA, 2009
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 4-8
Riot
Egmont USA, 2009
Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+
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[ezcol_1half_end]Dope Sick
New York, HarperCollins, 2009
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
Amiri and Odette: A Love Story
New York, Scholastic, 2009
Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told
New York, HarperCollins, 2008
Grades: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8
Sunrise Over Fallujah
New York, Scholastic, 2008
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
Game
New York, HarperCollins, 2008
Grade: 6-8
Ages: 8-12; 12+
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[ezcol_1half]What They Found: Love on 145th Street
New York, Random House, 2007
Harlem Summer
New York, Scholastic, 2007
Grade Level: 4-9
Ages: 8-12; 12+
Street Love
New York, HarperCollins, 2006
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
Jazz
Illustrated by Christopher Myers.
New York, Holiday House, 2006
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8
Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
New York, HarperCollins, 2006
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
Autobiography of My Dead Brother
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
New York, HarperCollins, 2005
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+[/ezcol_1half]
[ezcol_1half_end]Here In Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
New York, Holiday House, 2004
Grade Level: 7-12
Ages: 12+
Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole
New York, Scholastic, 2004
Grade Level: 4-7
Ages: 8-12
USS Constellation: Pride of the American Navy
New York, Holiday House, 2004
Grade Level: 5-8
Ages: 10-13
I’ve Seen the Promised Land:
The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
New York, HarperCollins, 2004
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 2-8
Shooter
New York, HarperCollins, 2004
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
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[ezcol_1half]The Beast
New York, Scholastic, 2003
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
The Dream Bearer
New York, HarperCollins, 2003
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12; 12+
Blues Journey
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
New York, Holiday House, 2003
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament
Illustrated by Chris Myers
New York, Scholastic, 2003
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
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[ezcol_1half_end]Handbook for Boys: A Novel
New York, HarperCollins 2002
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12; 12+
Three Swords for Granada
New York, Holiday House 2002
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
Illustrated by Ann Grafalconi
New York, Harper Collins 2002
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
Down to the Last Out:
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, 1948
New York, Scholastic, 2001 (My Name Is America)
Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12
Bad Boy: A Memoir
New York, HarperCollins 2001
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
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[ezcol_1half]The Greatest: The Life of Muhammad Ali
New York, Scholastic 2000
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
145th Street: Short Stories
New York, Delacorte, 2000
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
The Blues of Flats Brown
Illustrated by Nina Laden
New York, Holiday House 2000
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
New York, HarperCollins 2000
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
We Were Heroes: The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, A World War II Soldier,
Normandy, France
New York, Scholastic, 1999 (My Name Is America)
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14
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[ezcol_1half_end]Monster
New York: HarperCollins, 1999
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
The Journal of Joshua Loper:
A Black Cowboy, Chisholm Trail, 1871
(My Name Is America)
New York, Scholastic, 1999
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
At Her Majesty’s Request
New York: Scholastic, 1999
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
Slam!
New York: Scholastic, 1998
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
Angel to Angel
New York: HarperCollins, 1998
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
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[ezcol_1half]Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
New York: Dutton, 1997
Grades: 3-5; 6-8
Ages: 8-12
Harlem
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
New York: Scholastic, 1997
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
Toussaint L’overtoure: The Fight for Haiti’s Freedom
Illustrations by Jacob Lawrence
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 4-8; 8-12
How Mr. Monkey Saw the Whole World
Illustrated by Synthia Saint James
New York: Doubleday, 1996
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
One More River to Cross:
An African American Photograph Album
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996
Grades: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
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[ezcol_1half_end]Smiffy Blue: Ace Crime Detective Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories
Illustrated by David J. Sims
New York: Scholastic, 1996
Grade Level: 2-5
Ages: 7-10
The Dragon Takes a Wife
Illustrated by Fiona French
New York; Scholastic, 1995
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
Glorious Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
New York: HarperCollins, 1995
Grades: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8
Shadow of the Red Moon
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
New York: Scholastic, 1995
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
The Story of the Three Kingdoms
Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
New York: HarperCollins, 1995
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
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[ezcol_1half]Darnell Rock Reporting
New York: Delacorte Press, 1994
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
The Glory Field
New York: Scholastic, 1994
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
New York: HarperCollins, 1993
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam
Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
Young Martin’s Promise
Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
New York: Scholastic, 1993
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
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[ezcol_1half_end]The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
New York: HarperCollins, 1992
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12; 12+
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights
New York: Delacorte, 1992
Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 8-12
Somewhere in the Darkness
New York: Scholastic, 1992
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 13+
Now is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
New York: HarperCollins, 1991
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
The Mouse Rap
New York: HarperCollins, 1990
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
[/ezcol_1half_end]
[ezcol_1half]Fallen Angels
New York: Scholastic, 1988
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
New York: Delacorte, 1988
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
Scorpions
New York: Harper & Row, 1988
Grade Level: 3-7
Ages: 8-12
Crystal
New York: Viking 1987
Grade Level: 8-12
Ages: 12+
Sweet Illusions
New York Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1986
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 13+
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[ezcol_1half_end]Ambush in the Amazon
Viking, 1986 (Arrow Series)
Grade Level: 5-9
Ages: 10-14
Duel in the Desert
Viking, 1986 (Arrow Series)
Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 8-12
The Hidden Shrine
Viking, 1985 (Arrow Series)
Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 8-12
Adventure in Granada
Viking, 1985 (Arrow Series)
Grade Level: 3-8
Ages: 8-12
[/ezcol_1half_end]
[ezcol_1half]The Outside Shot
New York: Delacorte, 1984
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
Motown and Didi: A Love Story
New York: Viking, 1984
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird
Illustrated by Leslie Morrill
New York: Delacorte, 1984
Grade Level: Pre-K-3
Ages: 4-8
Tales of a Dead King
New York: Morrow, 1983
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
The Nicholas Factor
New York: Viking, 1983
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12
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[ezcol_1half_end]Won’t Know Till I Get There
New York: Viking, 1982
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 8-12; 12+
The Legend of Tarik
New York: Viking, 1981
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
Hoops
New York: Delacorte, 1981
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
The Golden Serpent
Illustrated. by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen
New York: Viking 1980
Grade Level: 1-4
Ages: 6-9
The Black Pearl and the Ghost; or, One Mystery after Another
Illustrated by Robert Quackenbush
New York: Viking, 1980
Grade Level: 4-6
Ages: 9-11
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[ezcol_1half]The Young Landlords
New York: Viking, 1979
Grade Level: 4-7
Ages: 8-12
It Ain’t All for Nothin’
New York: Viking, 1978
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
Victory for Jamie
New York: Scholastic, 1977
Grade Level: 6-8
Ages: 12+
Mojo and the Russians
New York: Viking, 1977
Grade Level: 5-8
Ages: 10-14
Brainstorm. Illustrated with photographs by Chuck Freedman
New York: Franklin Watts, 1977
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 12+
Social Welfare
New York: Franklin Watts, 1976
Grade Level: 9-12
Ages: 12+
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[ezcol_1half_end]Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
New York: Viking, 1975
Grade Level: 3-5
Ages: 8-12
The World of Work: A Guide to Choosing a Career
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975
Fly, Jimmy, Fly!
Illustrated by Moneta Barnett
New York: Putnam, 1974
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 5-8
The Dancers
Illustrated by Anne Rockwell
New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1972
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 5-8
The Dragon Takes a Wife
Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1972
Grade Level: K-2
Ages: 4-8
Where Does the Day Go?
Illustrated by Leo Carty
New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1969
Grade Level: K-3
Ages: 4-8
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