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With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.

Illustrations and text welcome a new baby to some of life's delights, from "the glistening mystery of soap bubbles" to "the swish of leaves in the breeze."

The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University.

When Jamal is asked to join the elite Cyclone basketball team, he worries that his ratty old shoes--all his family can afford--will hurt his image on the team.

A girl describes how she and her family celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa.

Marie-Grace Gardner, having found a baby on the doorstep, asks her friend Cécile Rey to help her protect the child from a slave catcher and worries about rumors about a deadly fever in New Orleans.

When Mom and Dad are too busy to talk and to listen, a boy and his grandmother enjoy conversations and spending time together.

A young girl demonstrates to her mother and father how well she has learned to read.

With only five more days of school remaining before summer vacation, nine-year-old Miami still faces several hurdles, such as how to get along with Destinee Tate, his nemesis.

After the neighborhood basketball court is vandalized, Ziggy and his friends decide to form a club called the Black Dinosaurs and build their clubhouse in Ziggy's backyard.