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  • The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

    Virginia Hamilton, Al Cetta

    Hardcover (Harper & Row, Publishers, Aug. 16, 1983)
    Pretty Pearl, a spirited young African god child eager to show off her powers, travels to the New World where, disguised as a human, she lives among a band of free blacks who have created their own separate world deep inside a vast forest.
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  • The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

    Virginia Hamilton

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Dec. 3, 1986)
    One long time ago, Pretty Pearl god child lived high on a mountaintop in Africa with all other gods. Curious about mankind and itching to show off her powers, she came down off the mountain with her brother, know-all best god John de Conquer, and sailed on a slave ship for America. There she saw the suffering of the black people, and felt their sorrow right behind her eyes . Pretty Pearl knew now was her time to act.Brother John gave her a magical necklace, a set of rules to follow, and a warning to be careful. "Them human bein's be awful tricky," he said."they has most winnin' ways." Drawing upon her fabulous storehouse of black legend, myth, and folklore, Virginia Hamilton has ventured into new ways of exploring the human spirit in this extrodinary fantasy filled with mysteries, beauty, and hope.
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  • The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

    Virginia Hamilton

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Dec. 1, 1991)
    A young goddess, curious to know more about the humans, travels to earth disguised as an albatross, and observes a colony of Blacks in Georgia
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  • THE MAGICAL ADVENTURES OF PRETTY PEARL.

    Virginia. Hamilton

    Paperback (HARPER & ROW. NY 1983, Aug. 16, 1983)
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  • Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl, The

    Virginia. Hamilton

    Hardcover (New York, Harper [, Aug. 16, 1983)
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  • The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

    Virginia Hamilton

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1999)
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  • Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

    Virginia Hamilton

    School & Library Binding (Tandem Library, Nov. 16, 1986)
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  • The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

    Virginia Hamilton

    Paperback (Demco Media, Nov. 1, 1986)
    A young goddess, curious to know more about the humans, travels to earth disguised as an albatross, and observes a colony of Blacks in Georgia
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