Rise Of The Jumbies Av Tracey Baptiste

<DIV><B>The start of an exciting series filled with Caribbean folklore and daring adventure.</B><BR/><BR/> Corinne La Mer claims she isn’t afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly...

<b>From <i>NYT</i> bestselling author Tracey Baptiste comes a singular picture book that is both a biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebration of collective action.</b><br><br>When...

<B>“In <I>African Icons</I>, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner’s guide to pre-colonial Africa.”<BR/>—Ibram...

But consequences can't be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, Lonnie, are in a terrible car crash. Waking up in the hospital, Bianca is faced with questions she's not equipped to answer.