Sharon M Draper Books in Order

Arielle Gresham feels alone at school and overwhelmed at home, even as her classmates face thefts, false fire alarms, drug abuse, and online cruelty. Draper builds a tense ensemble story around the question of what real heroism looks like.

After a drunk driving crash kills his best friend Rob, Andy Jackson is crushed by guilt he cannot shake. Told through conversations, letters, and schoolwork, the novel follows grief growing into a crisis.

Ziggy and his friends start a club called the Black Dinosaurs and stumble onto a buried trunk full of bones near their clubhouse. Strange notes and neighborhood rumors turn their first big mystery into a case they cannot resist.

Following an old map beneath their school, the Black Dinosaurs uncover a hidden tunnel once used on the Underground Railroad. When the trapdoor sticks, their history lesson becomes a tense scramble to find a way out.

A self-published poetry collection that shows Draper working in a more personal, reflective mode. It gathers poems shaped by memory, feeling, and close attention to everyday life.

Gerald Nickelby has already survived neglect and fire, but home is still dangerous when abuse follows him into adolescence. As basketball and friendship offer hope, he must decide how far he will go to protect himself and his sister Angel.

On a summer camping trip to Caesar's Creek State Park, Ziggy and his friends get lost in the woods after hearing stories about spirits in the dark. The boys must stay calm, trust each other, and find their way back to camp.

Romiette meets Julio online and quickly feels a connection that seems almost fated. But a local gang targets their interracial relationship, turning a modern Romeo and Juliet story into a suspenseful fight for safety and trust.

In this collection for educators, Draper shares short essays, reflections, and encouragement drawn from her years in the classroom. It is a practical, warm reminder of why teaching matters, especially on hard days.

This interactive journal-novel introduces thirteen-year-old Jazzy through her diary entries about school, family, friends, boys, and growing up. Readers follow her thoughts while getting space to reflect and write, too.

Senior year brings new relationships, old wounds, and hard choices for Keisha and her friends at Hazelwood High. As they try to move forward, grief, loneliness, and unfinished pain still shadow everything they do.

Draper writes for teachers who are tired, funny, hopeful, and still showing up. Through stories and essays, she talks honestly about the strain of the job while holding on to its real rewards.

Several teens are hiding problems no one else can see, from frightening family situations to troublemakers at school. Draper braids their secrets into a tense story about fear, trust, and finding out who will stand with you.

Jericho Prescott is thrilled to be asked to pledge the Warriors of Distinction, an admired school club with deep community roots. But beneath the polished image lies hazing, pressure, and a set of choices that could change his life.

In this true story, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt grow up in Newark surrounded by poverty, violence, and low expectations. A pact to become doctors gives them direction, but getting there takes years of work and loyalty.

Fifteen-year-old Amari is taken from her village, forced across the Atlantic, and sold into slavery in the Carolinas. Even in brutal conditions, she holds on to memory, dignity, and the hope of escape.

When construction leaves a fawn orphaned, Ziggy and his friends decide to raise money for a wildlife rescue center. Their neighborhood animal show brings laughs, chaos, and a gentle lesson about caring and letting go.

The Black Dinosaurs head to Space Camp in Huntsville, where rockets, simulations, and astronaut training make everything feel huge and new. Ziggy is thrilled, but the trip still takes teamwork, courage, and a little imagination.

In 1957 Little Rock, Sylvia Patterson hopes high school will bring ordinary teenage joys, not a front-row place in history. When she is asked to help integrate Central High, she must weigh safety against the need for change.

After her boyfriend Josh dies in a pledge stunt, November Nelson discovers he left her with an even harder future to face. As grief ripples through school and family, she must decide how to carry on.

The Black Dinosaurs plan to win the school talent show, but a quiet new girl changes the competition and reveals a bigger story. Alongside songs and surprises, the boys learn about kindness, art, and life after Hurricane Katrina.

Nine-year-old Sassy Simone Sanford is tired of being the youngest and of hearing everyone call her Little Sister. With friends, family, and her trusty Sassy Sack, she learns that being small does not mean being powerless.

Sassy is ready for a sunny Florida birthday trip to celebrate Grammy, until a hurricane turns the vacation upside down. In the middle of the chaos, she finds a way to help a nest of endangered baby sea turtles.

Melody Brooks has a photographic memory and a brilliant mind, but because she has cerebral palsy and cannot speak, almost everyone underestimates her. When new technology gives her a voice, she finally gets a chance to show the world who she is.

A new girl arrives at school in a limo, and soon Sassy is planning a big dinner party for a class project. Between kitchen disasters, missing snacks, and friendship surprises, her dazzling idea nearly spins out of control.

Sassy wants the spotlight, even though she cannot sing and her beloved Sassy Sack has disappeared. When the school performance starts to fall apart, her hidden talent and quick thinking may save the day.

Diamond Landers makes one bad decision at the mall and is lured into a nightmare by a predator promising a movie audition. As her dancer friends wait for news, the novel tracks fear, survival, and the damage that reckless trust can cause.

In 1932 North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella lives in a close Black community already used to hardship. When the Ku Klux Klan's return brings fear and pressure, she must find the courage to speak up and act.

Isabella lives between two homes, two names, and the expectations tied to being biracial in a divided world. As she prepares for a piano recital, family strain and a terrifying public moment force her to ask where she belongs.

Older and braver, Melody heads to a summer camp for kids with disabilities and dreams of more freedom. New friends, camp challenges, and first crush feelings push her to test what independence can really mean.

Melody travels to London to speak at an international symposium for kids with disabilities after an astonishing act of courage. New friends and a bigger stage push her to use her voice in a whole new way.