African-American Fiction


Click Here to Get Any of These Audiobooks for Just $7.49

Neecey's Lullaby (Unabridged)

Neecey’s Lullaby (Unabridged)

$26.95

Cris Burks won widespread acclaim for her engaging first novel, SilkyDreamGirl. Burks’ second offering follows the life of a determined girl struggling toward adulthood in … [Read more]

The Land (Unabridged)

The Land (Unabridged)

$35.93

Ever since running away at the age of fourteen, Paul-Edward, the son of a white landowner and a black slave, has had one dream: to own land every bit as good as his daddy’s… [Read more]

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

$16.95

Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children’s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children’s book auth… [Read more]

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (Unabridged)

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (Unabridged)

$12.95

Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? What was the purpose of their strange, haunting journeys back into her own childhood? Was it to help Dab… [Read more]

Time Pieces: The Book of Times (Unabridged)

Time Pieces: The Book of Times (Unabridged)

$12.57

Time Pieces is a quietly beautiful coming-of-age story from a master storyteller. Eleven-year-old Valena, her family, and dog live in rural Ohio, where she and her cousin M… [Read more]

Bluish (Unabridged)

Bluish (Unabridged)

$9.07

Friendship isn’t always easy. Natalie is different from the other kids in Dreenie’s fifth-grade class. She comes to school in a wheelchair. She always wears a knitted hat. … [Read more]

My Grandmother's Treasure

My Grandmother’s Treasure

$4.95

One of America’s favorite African-American storytellers remembers her childhood in tender, unforgettable new stories. Jackie Torrence, a frequent headliner at the National … [Read more]

The Ups and Downs of Being Brown

The Ups and Downs of Being Brown

$8.95

Rex M. Ellis weaves the strands of African folklore, early American history, and contemporary interpretations into the rich quilt that is the African-American experience. H… [Read more]

Bud, Not Buddy (Unabridged)

Bud, Not Buddy (Unabridged)

$14.60

It’s 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and 10-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him. One: He has his own suit… [Read more]

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - - 1963 (Unabridged)

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – - 1963 (Unabridged)

$19.93

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There’s Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, Kenny’s ol… [Read more]

Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

$39.93

When you first walk into a room in a house, or into a stable, they have a way of telling you they know you’re there. It ain’t nothing particular noticeable, but the air ins… [Read more]

Seedfolks (Unabridged)

Seedfolks (Unabridged)

$12.95

Thirteen lives. One garden. Set in Cleveland, Newbery-Award-winning author Paul Fleischman’s poignant book is a large lesson in connectedness and community for all. When a … [Read more]

The Skin I'm In (Unabridged)

The Skin I’m In (Unabridged)

$16.95

Award-winning author Sharon G. Flake crafts a remarkable story of one girl’s struggle to accept herself. Maleeka Madison is a dark skinned African-American girl. She feels … [Read more]

I, Juan de Pareja (Unabridged)

I, Juan de Pareja (Unabridged)

$13.97

In the era of Rembrandt, Rubens, and Van Dyke, Spain had its own great painter: Diego Velasquez. His assistant is an African slave, Juan, who, by helping his master in his … [Read more]

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Unabridged)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Unabridged)

$27.93

Why is the land so important to Cassie’s family? It takes the events of one turbulent year, the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates … [Read more]

The Road to Memphis (Unabridged)

The Road to Memphis (Unabridged)

$14.95

In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie’s help in trying to flee… [Read more]

The Well: David's Story (Unabridged)

The Well: David’s Story (Unabridged)

$4.95

In Mississippi in the early 1900s, 10-year-old David Logan’s family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential rac… [Read more]

Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Unabridged)

Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Unabridged)

$4.99

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-resp… [Read more]

The Hoopster (Unabridged)

The Hoopster (Unabridged)

$20.95

Andre Anderson is a black teenager with a dream. Although he loves to play basketball and laugh with his friends, he also loves to write and wants to make his mark on the w… [Read more]

Homeboyz (Unabridged)

Homeboyz (Unabridged)

$27.97

Computer whiz Teddy and his family are sent reeling after his little sister Tina is killed in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting. Teddy wants revenge and begins planning … [Read more]

Catching Fire: Hunger Games, Book 2 (Unabridged)

Catching Fire: Hunger Games, Book 2 (Unabridged)

$27.97

Katniss Everdeen continues to struggle to protect herself and her family from the Capitol in this second novel from the best-selling Hunger Games trilogy. [Read more]

The Big Six: Swallows and Amazons Series (Unabridged)

The Big Six: Swallows and Amazons Series (Unabridged)

$24.95

In this (more or less) sequel to the adventures of Coot Club, Arthur Ransome returns once more to his beloved Norfolk Broads where trouble is again brewing for Joe, Bill, a… [Read more]

The Secret Book Club: Main Street, Book 5 (Unabridged)

The Secret Book Club: Main Street, Book 5 (Unabridged)

$18.17

Flora, Ruby, Olivia, and Nikki don’t understand it. Someone – they don’t know who – is leaving books on their doorstep. Each comes with a mysterious message asking them to … [Read more]

Goosebumps HorrorLand, Book 8: Say Cheese - And Die Screaming! (Unabridged)

Goosebumps HorrorLand, Book 8: Say Cheese – And Die Screaming! (Unabridged)

$6.96

A picture is worth a thousand screams – if it’s taken with an evil camera that has a nasty vision of the future. Julie’s future doesn’t look pretty. And neither does anyone… [Read more]


Click Here to Get Any of These Audiobooks for Just $7.49

Comments on this entry are closed.