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Books with author Sharon M. Draper

  • Jazzimagination: A Journal to Read and Write

    Sharon M. Draper

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Feb. 1, 2000)
    Thirteen-year-old Jazzy keeps a journal in which she records her thoughts about family, friends, boys, school, dreams, nature, and colors. Provides space for readers to record their own thoughts and feelings.
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  • Romiette And Julio

    Sharon M. Draper

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, May 1, 2001)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Like Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers, Romiette Cappelle and Julio Montague face strong opposition to their budding romance, in their case, a dangerous gang's disapproval of their interracial relationship puts the two in mortal peril.
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  • Panic

    Sharon M. Draper

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 1, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Lured by a handsome stranger and false promises of a movie role, Diamond is kidnapped and subjected to horrors beyond her imagining, while her family and friends endure a torturous vigil of worry while waiting for news.
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  • The Battle Of Jericho

    Sharon M. Draper

    Paperback (Simon Pulse, Jan. 1, 2004)
    The Battle Of Jericho{Paperback,2004}
  • Fire From the Rock

    Sharon Draper

    Hardcover (Dutton Books for Young Readers, Aug. 16, 2007)
    Sylvia Patterson is shocked and confused when she is asked to be one of the first black students to attend Central High School, which is scheduled to be integrated in September 1957, whether the citizens or governor of Arkansas like it or not. Before Sylvia makes her final decision, smoldering racial tension in the town ignites into flame. When the smoke clears, she sees clearly that nothing is going to stop the change from coming. It is up to her generation to make it happen, in as many different ways as there are colors in the world.
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  • Romiette and Julio by Draper, Sharon M.

    Sharon M. Draper

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Jan. 1, 1800)
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  • Forged By Fire

    Sharon M. Draper

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, Jan. 1, 1998)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.
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  • Just Another Hero

    Sharon M. Draper

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 6, 2010)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Arielle, November, Jericho, and their friends have been through so much. But senior year is going well, and when the fire alarm goes off in English class, everyone assumes that it's a prank. But the alarm was pulled for a different and potentially deadly reason. There's only a matter of seconds to stop a tragedy, and all eyes are searching for someone--anyone--to step up and do something...
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  • Darkness Before Dawn

    Sharon M. Draper

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, July 1, 2002)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Things are looking brighter for Keisha in her senior year. But when a new relationship with an older man takes a frightening turn, Keisha is once again plunged into darkness she's fought so hard to escape.
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  • Copper Sun

    Sharon M. Draper

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 1, 2008)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A 15-year-old Ashanti girl endures physical torture and unspeakable sorrow as she is torn away from her homeland and transported to the Carolinas as a slave.
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  • Tears Of A Tiger

    Sharon M. Draper

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 23, 2013)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school
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  • Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper

    Sharon M. Draper;

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aug. 16, 1800)
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