Introduced by Tayari JonesNew York City, 1940s. In a crumbling tenement in Harlem, Lutie Johnson is determined to build a new life for herself and her eight-year-old boy, Bub - a life that she can be proud of. Having left her unreliable...

The Street von Petry, Ann

The Street von Petry, Ann

A new edition of the classic novel from 1953. Petry's debut novel "The Street" was the first book by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies. 'Petry is the writer we have been waiting for,' Tayari Jones, "New York...

This quintessential middle grade biography of Harriet Tubman now features a cover by NAACP Image Award winner and Caldecott Honor illustrator Kadir Nelson, a foreword by National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds, and additional new...