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The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural Cover Image Book

The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural / Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

The dark 30 (portion title)
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017 (author.). Pinkney, J. Brian, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0679818634
  • ISBN: 9780679818632
  • ISBN: 0679918639
  • ISBN: 9780679918639
  • ISBN: 0679890068
  • ISBN: 9780679890065
  • ISBN: 0679883355
  • ISBN: 9780679883357
  • ISBN: 075870254X
  • ISBN: 9780758702548
  • Physical Description: iv, 122 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022, 1992]

Content descriptions

General Note:
NC Cardinal: Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:
Legend of pin oak -- We organized -- Justice -- The 11:59 -- Sight -- Woman in the snow -- Conjure brother -- Boo mama -- Gingi -- Chicken-coop monster.
Target Audience Note:
730L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 4 7855.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award, 1993.
Newbery Honor Book, 1993.
Coretta Scott King Award, 1993.
Newbery Honor Book, 1993.

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Subject:
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American.
Ghost stories, American.
Horror tales, American.
Genre:
Horror fiction.
Ghost stories.
Short stories.

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