In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo's. Quincy was framed, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison with no lawyer, no advocate...

Imani learns resilience when she loses her research project the night before it is due.

Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child is a searing tale about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult. At the center: a woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life; but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love until she told a lie that ruined the life of an innocent woman, a lie...

Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

Hungry for learning, Lizzie and her brother Paul attend a new school built for freed slaves.

The lives of Dan Cooley, a legendary L.A. trainer, and Chicky Garcia, a young man battling to make a name for himself on the San Antonio boxing circuit, intertwine as both men struggle to cope with the pain of the past and their individual demons.

At bedtime, a sleepy child listens as her mother describes the events of the day, which are illustrated in three-dimensional pictures featuring the child's favorite toys.

Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

"A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out"-- Provided by publisher.