The American DaughtersAdy, a curious, sharp witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family's rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes

Dani's plan is simple: fake a relationship in public

Brynne Barnes and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh reclaim that narrative: A Black girl's place is everywhere

Working against conventional scholarship

Magic City is a portrait of an era

Women of the Post is an unforgettable story of perseverance

Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years

evocative debut picture book that celebrates the joy of being Dominican

while James goes on to live the dream

Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small

Praise for Children of Blood and Bone:

" Hurston writes

she may never find out what happened to Quinton