Jewell Parker Rhodes (born 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American bestselling novelist and educator. She is the author of several books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Black Brother, Black Brother and Ghost Boys, which has garnered over 50 awards and honors including The Walter Award, the Indies Choice/EB White Read-Aloud Award, and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award for Older Readers. Rhodes has written six adult novels: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Season, Moon, and Hurricane, as well as the memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness, and two writing guides: Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction.
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Selected Books By Jewell Parker Rhodes
A number of the books below are available to read for free through Internet Archive. However, to read them, you must sign up for a free Internet Archive account. Those not available to read online can be borrowed from an Allegheny County public library.
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Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness
Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors
Will's Race for Home
Moon (Previously published as Yellow Moon)
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