Del Sandeen Books in Order

This guide examines racial profiling, using evidence and statistics to challenge the assumptions behind discriminatory treatment. It offers young readers practical ways to respond to profiling and cope with the emotional effects of experiencing racial prejudice.

Seeking a fresh start, a young Black woman leaves 1960s Chicago to work for an eccentric New Orleans family. She discovers they are trapped under a curse and believe the supernatural ability she fears can free them.

Estranged sisters Mickie and Delilah inherit a Savannah house intending to sell it and separate again. Disturbing visions and unexplained accidents uncover its dark history, while Delilah’s growing attachment threatens to trap them both within its influence.

This biography follows Maya Angelou’s life as a writer, performer, and activist. Exploring her creative work and public achievements, it considers how her words expressed experiences of joy, grief, anger, and hope that continue to reach readers.

Del Sandeen examines Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with Sally Hemings, whom he enslaved, and the descendants connected to them. The book explores how that history complicates Jefferson’s stated ideals of equality and his place in American memory.