Patricia C McKissack Books in Order

Mirandy wants Brother Wind as her partner for the cakewalk and believes catching him will guarantee victory. His ability to evade every scheme tests her determination as advice from friends inspires a succession of increasingly inventive attempts.

This history follows African American Pullman porters through their working lives and campaign for fair treatment. It traces the creation of their union and the long struggle against a powerful company over wages, conditions, and dignity.

This biography introduces young readers to Ralph J. Bunche, the African American diplomat and statesman involved in founding the United Nations. It follows his public career and the peacemaking work that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.

This biography follows Sojourner Truth from enslavement and the struggle for freedom to her work as a preacher and activist. It explores her advocacy against slavery and for women's rights, with illustrations and supporting historical material.

Ten supernatural tales draw on African American history, moving from slavery through the civil rights era. Suspenseful encounters with the uncanny connect cultural memory and everyday lives, giving the twilight tradition of storytelling a collection of unsettling new voices.

This illustrated history examines the Negro baseball leagues during the years African American players were excluded from Major League Baseball. It follows the players, travel, working conditions, and traditions that shaped a distinct sporting community.

Christmas preparations unfold on a Virginia plantation in 1859, moving between the owners' house and the quarters of enslaved people. The contrasting celebrations reveal different living conditions, holiday customs, and hopes as talk of war grows.

This historical account introduces people who resisted slavery through revolt, escape, and abolitionist action. Stories of figures including Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and Cinque place their struggles within the broader fight for freedom in the Americas.

In Virginia in 1859, twelve-year-old Clotee secretly learns to read and write while fanning her enslaver's son during lessons. Her diary records plantation life as a tutor's hidden activities open possibilities for protecting herself and others.

This history examines African American participation in the American whaling industry. It connects life aboard whaling ships with the struggles of free and enslaved Black people, exploring how maritime work intersected with the movement against slavery.

Nine-year-old Miami Jackson counts down the final five days before summer vacation. School still presents challenges, however, especially his difficulties with classmate Destinee Tate, making the approaching break feel less straightforward than he had expected.

In a segregated Southern town, young Tricia Ann sets out alone for a place where everyone is welcome. Discriminatory signs and hurtful encounters threaten her confidence, but community kindness and her grandmother’s encouragement help her continue the journey.

Using narratives, diaries, letters and military documents, the McKissacks trace the long struggle that ended slavery in the United States. The history shows how freedom reached different people at different times and restores individual voices to the story of emancipation.

A saved restaurant menu prompts Gee to tell her grandchildren about Nashville in 1960. Through her childhood experiences as Abby, the story follows segregation, lunch-counter protests, and the ways a young girl could support change.

This illustrated history reader tells how Africans kidnapped into slavery resisted captivity aboard the Amistad. Their attempt to reclaim the ship and return home introduces young readers to a struggle over freedom in American history.

Thirteen-year-old Everett, born after emancipation, dreams of leaving the South for a new life in the West. His journey helps him understand his father's Civil War medal and the family history represented by that treasured object.

In 1954 Missouri, Rosemary Patterson enters a newly integrated school without the best friend she expected beside her. Facing prejudice and loneliness, she develops an unexpected friendship that challenges assumptions about the people around her.

After winning a writing contest, twelve-year-old Lilly Belle travels from Tennessee to Harlem in 1928. A workshop led by Zora Neale Hurston introduces new possibilities, while a classmate's dishonesty tests her understanding of truthful storytelling.

During the Depression, Nella’s family rarely receives presents, so a beautiful Christmas doll seems like a dream fulfilled. Claiming it for herself leaves her missing her sisters’ company, prompting her to reconsider whether sharing might make the gift more enjoyable.

Brothers Tank and Jimbo Turner love watching Negro League baseball at Nashville's Sulphur Dell Ballpark. When celebrated hitter Josh Gibson stays in their home, their excitement becomes part of a family story about baseball's segregated past.

This graphic novel portrays Nat Love's life through memories shared with another former cowboy aboard a train. His stories move from childhood enslavement to work on the frontier, presenting the adventures of a Black western figure.

In 2170, clones and cyborgs face severe restrictions despite society's technological progress. Thirteen-year-old Leanna's life changes when authorities discover her mother's involvement in an underground movement campaigning for freedom, drawing her into its dangerous struggle.

Teenage cyborg Houston Ye struggles against government rules that deny people like him basic rights. As he joins the fight for freedom, deciding which parts of his story to reveal becomes a matter of survival.

In this illustrated story told in verse, a West African blacksmith loses his son to kidnappers who sell the boy into slavery. The father's grief and search for connection explore family bonds, memory, and freedom.

Fugitives Houston Ye and Leanna Deberry face enormous capture bounties as authorities pursue them. Meanwhile, the secretive Topas Corporation's cloning operations reveal another dimension of the system they are resisting in their struggle for freedom.

Clotee, an enslaved girl on a Virginia plantation in 1859, secretly records her life in a diary. Learning to read and write gives her a dangerous tool as she considers what freedom could mean for her community.