Books with author Rita Williams-Garcia

When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old?and her baby, Jose?down to Georgia, to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There?s nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch?and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future. ?Williams-Garcia has surpassed herself.?She has set these fictional characters? firmly in the real world while still allowing them to rise from the pages and into readers? hearts and imaginations.? ?The Horn Book, starred review

Ever since he found her battered and raped in the alley near his home, Thulani hasn't been able to think about anything but Ysa. This is the first time since his mother died that he's given a thought to anything but the rock doves he keeps on the roof of his house in Brooklyn. Now that he has seen Ysa, Thulani finally has a reason to come down from the roof. But it's not so easy for him -- especially when it seems that Ysa doesn't want him in her world at all.

Acclaimed author Rita Williams-Garcia gives readers an intimate, gritty portrayal of three very different teens on the day when everything collides.Trina: "Hey," I say, though I don't really know them. It's okay if they don't speak. I know how it is. They can't all be Trina.Dominique: Some stupid little flit cuts right between us and is like, "Hey." I slam my fist into my other hand because she's as good as jumped.Leticia: Girl fights are ugly. Girl fights are personal. And who's to say I wasn't seeing it from the wrong angle?

From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia, Every Time a Rainbow Dies is a moving, lyrical, and diverse love story—perfect for fans of One Crazy Summer who are ready for an older voice. Ever since he found her battered and raped in the alley near his home, Thulani hasn't been able to think about anything but Ysa. This is the first time since his mother died that he's given a thought to anything but the rock doves he keeps on the roof of his house in Brooklyn. Now that he has seen Ysa, Thulani finally has a reason to come down from the roof. But it's not so easy for him—especially when it seems that Ysa doesn't want him in her world at all.

Time spends us and the beast controls us. Now O' Clock is the inspiring journey toward the enlightened mindfulness of "being" in the moment and staying there long enough to be awakened to the mindless and stressful pace the Beast has set, and how, in insidious ways, it controls our daily lives. We already know the Beast as a "what," not a "who." Who, is what it has conditioned us to be. Garcia shows you how to retake control and become better able to set your own pace and choose the life you want to live--not one manufactured for you by the Beast. Treating Time as the constant element it is, may be the key to opening the door to that life. Then there is the special concern Garcia has for those whose duty it is to serve and protect. For them, returning home at the end of their shift or tour of duty involves dangerous levels of stress endured by them and their families. The first chapter in Now O' Clock, "A Mindful Cue", is especially written with them in mind.Garcia also shares beautiful life stories that are intimately personal, miraculous, spiritual, and wonderfully inspiring. Then there is the ultimate reality we all must face. This reality is the most powerful and intriguing paradox of life and living. Open Now O' Clock and start your journey, now.

Pub Date: 2010-01-26 Pages: 224 Language: English Publisher:. Amistad Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together Even though her mother. Cecile. abandoned her and her younger sisters. Vonetta and Fern. seven years ago Even. though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland. California. to stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to take care of her sisters. as usual. and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past. When the girls arrive in Oakland in the summer of 1968. Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them eat Chinese takeout dinners. forbids them to enter her kitchen. and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with them. Cecile sends Delphine. Vonetta. and Fern to a summer camp sponsored by a revolutionary group. the Black Panthers. whe...