16 Books Published by Perfection Learning on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Click for more detail about Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers Fallen Angels

by Walter Dean Myers
Perfection Learning (May 01, 2008)
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Rich in characters and authentic in detail, Fallen Angels tells the story of a 17-year-old black teenager’s tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967. With its gritty and authentic depiction of the brutality of war it has been acclaimed by critics and young adult readers alike. "This gut-twisting Vietnam War novel … breaks uncharted ground …"—Booklist, starred review.


Click for more detail about Bucking The Sarge (Readers Circle (Prebound)) by Christopher Paul Curtis Bucking The Sarge (Readers Circle (Prebound))

by Christopher Paul Curtis
Perfection Learning (May 01, 2006)
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Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.

As his best friend Sparky says, “Flint’s nothing but the Titanic.”

And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, “Take my advice and stay off the sucker path.”

The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther’s just one of the many people trapped in the Sarge’s Evil Empire—but he’s about to bust out.

If Luther wins the science fair this year, he’ll be on track for college and a future as America’s best-known and best-loved philosopher. All he’s got to do is beat his arch rival Shayla Patrick, the beautiful daughter of Flint’s finest undertaker—and the love of Luther’s life.

Sparky’s escape plans involve a pit bull named Poofy and the world’s scariest rat. Oh, and Luther. Add to the mix Chester X., Luther’s mysterious roommate; Dontay Gaddy, a lawyer whose phone number is 1-800-SUE’M ALL; and Darnell Dixon, the Sarge’s go-to guy who knows how to break all the rules.

Bucking the Sarge is a story that only Christopher Paul Curtis could tell. Once again the Newbery Award–winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 gives us a whole new angle on life and a world full of unforgettable and hilarious characters. Readers will root for Luther and Sparky every step of the way.

Praise for The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963:

“An exceptional first novel.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred

“Ribald humor … and a totally believable child’s view of the world will make this book an instant hit.”—School Library
Journal, Starred

Praise for Bud, Not Buddy:

“Curtis has given a fresh, new look to a traditional orphan-finds-a-home story that would be a crackerjack read-aloud.”
—School Library Journal, Starred


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Click for more detail about A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson by Michelle Y Green A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson

by Michelle Y Green
Perfection Learning (Mar 01, 2004)
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Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. But in a sport thatas dominated by white men, there is no place for a black woman. Mamie doesnat give upa from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League team until she realizes her dream and becomes one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues. Mamie Johnsonas life shows that with courage and perseverance one can overcome even the greatest challenges.


Click for more detail about Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade

by Nikki Grimes
Perfection Learning (Dec 01, 2003)
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When Wesley Boone writes a poem for his high school English class, some of his classmates clamor to read their poems aloud too. Soon they’re having weekly poetry sessions and, one by one, the eighteen students are opening up and taking on the risky challenge of self-revelation. There’s Lupe Alvarin, desperate to have a baby so she will feel loved. Raynard Patterson, hiding a secret behind his silence. Porscha Johnson, needing an outlet for her anger after her mother OD’s. Through the poetry they share and narratives in which they reveal their most intimate thoughts about themselves and one another, their words and lives show what lies beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade.


Click for more detail about Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Chronicle of a Death Foretold

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Perfection Learning (Oct 01, 2003)
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A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for dishonoring their sister.
Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to stop it? The more that is learned, the less is understood, and as the story races to its inexplicable conclusion, an entire society—not just a pair of murderers— is put on trial.


Click for more detail about Funny Man Gets Rolling by Margo Sorenson Funny Man Gets Rolling

by Margo Sorenson
Perfection Learning (Jan 01, 2003)
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Derrick must complete a community service project, convince his boss to give him a raise, and maintain his football eligibility. Sequel to Funny Man.


Click for more detail about Crystal by Walter Dean Myers Crystal

by Walter Dean Myers
Perfection Learning (May 01, 2002)
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Sixteen-year-old Crystal knows she’s blessed. She is drop-dead gorgeous and in the beginning stages of a glamorous career as a model in New York City. At first, modeling is exciting. But soon, her life becomes less and less about her, and more and more about her body. Crystal wonders if her new life is worth giving up everything — her friends, her beliefs, and her self-respect.


Click for more detail about Funny Man by Margo Sorenson Funny Man

by Margo Sorenson
Perfection Learning (Jan 01, 2002)
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Derrick is only interested in comedy and football. Can a new job, an English assignment, and a mysterious computer help him get his act together?


Click for more detail about The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine by Sondra Kathryn Wilson The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson
Perfection Learning (Jan 01, 1999)
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After its start in 1910, The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races magazine became the major outlet for works by African American writers and intellectuals. In 1920, Langston Hughes’s poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was published in The Crisis and W. E. B. Du Bois, the magazine’s editor, wrote about the coming "renaissance of American Negro literature," beginning what is now known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Crisis Reader is a collection of poems, short stories, plays, and essays from this great literary period and includes, in addition to four previously unpublished poems by James Weldon Johnson, work by Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Jessie Fauset, Charles Chesnutt, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alain Locke.


Click for more detail about Shatter with Words by Margo Sorenson Shatter with Words

by Margo Sorenson
Perfection Learning (Jan 01, 1998)
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Transported to a college campus in the South in 1931, Kenneth and Aleesa meet the young Langston Hughes.


Click for more detail about Negocios / Business (English and Spanish Edition) by Junot Diaz Negocios / Business (English and Spanish Edition)

by Junot Diaz
Perfection Learning (Mar 04, 1997)
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With ten stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, Junot Diaz makes his remarkable debut. In "Ysrael," two brothers hunt a disfigured boy who hides behind a mask; in "No Face," the mirror is flipped and perspective belongs to the tormented. In "Fiesta, 1980," a spirited family gathering plays against the noiseless hum of a father’s infidelities. In "Boyfriend," a young man eavesdrops on the woman next door and colors in the life overheard with the drama born of intense longing. And always, it seems there is the throb of waiting: in "Aguantando," for the fulfillment of a promise; in "Negocios," for rescue; in "Aurora," for respite; in "Drown," for resolution.


Click for more detail about The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence The Great Migration: An American Story

by Jacob Lawrence
Perfection Learning (Oct 01, 1995)
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Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in search of employment in the industrial cities of the North. In 1940, Lawrence chronicled their journey of hope in a flowing narrative sequence of paintings.This stirring picture book brings together the sixty panels of Lawrence’s epic narrative Migration series, which he created in 1940-1941. They tell of the journey of African-Americans who left their homes in the South around World War I and traveled in search of better lives in the northern industrial cities. Lawrence is a storyteller with words as well as pictures: his captions and introduction to this book are the best commentary on his work. A poem at the end by Walter Dean Myers also reveals [as do the paintings] the universal in the particulars. —BL. Notable Children’s Books of 1994 (ALA) 1993 Books for Youth Editors’ Choices (BL) 1994 Teachers’ Choices (IRA) Notable 1994 Childrens’ Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1994 Carter G. Woodson Outstanding Merit Book (NCSS) 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)


Click for more detail about Time Trap by Margo Sorenson Time Trap

by Margo Sorenson
Perfection Learning (Jan 01, 1995)
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Aleesa and Kenneth are transported to 1968 to stop the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.


Click for more detail about Blue Sea by Robert Kalan Blue Sea

by Robert Kalan
Perfection Learning (Apr 20, 1992)
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Several fishes of varying size introduce space relationships and size differences.


Click for more detail about I Have A Dream/ Also Letter From Birmingham Jail (Tale Blazers) by Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream/ Also Letter From Birmingham Jail (Tale Blazers)

by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Perfection Learning (Sep 01, 1990)
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In ’’Letter from Birmingham Jail,’’ Martin Luther King Jr. explains why blacks can no longer be victims of inequality and features King’s ’’I Have a Dream’’ speech, which was delivered to 250,000 civil rights marchers in 1963.
Title: I Have A Dream/ Also Letter From Birmingham Jail
Author: King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Perfection Learning
1990/09/01
Number of 59
Binding Type: PAPERBACK
Library of Congress: bl2012020658


Click for more detail about Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles (Prebound)) by Laurence Yep Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles (Prebound))

by Laurence Yep
Perfection Learning (Apr 01, 1977)
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Moon Shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met.