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Sister

Eloise Greenfield, Moneta Barnett

Hardcover (HarperCollins, June 1, 1974)

Doretha is thirteen, black, and confused by her ambivalence about herself. . . . Leafing through her diary, Doretha remembersand each memory of the past four years reveals something about her and about the people she has loved. The book is strong in perception, in its sensitivity, in its realism. C. Outstanding Childrens Books of 1974 (NYT)

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Sister

Ellen Howard

Library Binding (Atheneum, Oct. 1, 1990)

After the death of her seventh child, Alena's mother is too grief-stricken to take care of her family, so thirteen-year-old Alena must put aside her dream of becoming a teacher, quit school, and tend to the family

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Sister

Eloise Greenfield, Moneta Barnett

School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, June 26, 1987)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After her father dies, a young black girl watches her sister withdraw from her and her mother.

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Babette Cole

Hardcover (Mammoth, )

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Sister

Eloise Greenfield, Moneta Barnett

Library Binding (Perfection Learning, June 26, 1987)

When Doretha was nine, her father gave her an old notebook with empty pages. On the first page, Doretha wrote in black: "Me, age 9. My Doretha Book - Memories." Now Doretha is thirteen, and there are lots of pages filled up with words and colors, each page holding a special memory. Some are happy, like the day Doretha learns about her freedom-fighting, ex-slave ancestor. And some are sad - the death of her father, and the painful struggles of her older sister. As Doretha reads the book from start to finish, she realizes that these events are what have given her the courage and insight she needs to be herself.