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The Dark-Thirty

Southern Tales of the Supernatural

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On sale Mar 29, 2022 | 128 Pages | 9780593123478

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With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original, spine-tingling tales inspired by African American history and the mystery of that eerie half hour before nightfall—the dark-thirty.
  • WINNER | 1996
    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • WINNER | 1994
    Kansas William White Master List
  • WINNER | 1993
    Coretta Scott King Author Award
  • WINNER | 1993
    Newbery Honor Book
  • WINNER | 1992
    Coretta Scott King Author Award
PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.

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With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original, spine-tingling tales inspired by African American history and the mystery of that eerie half hour before nightfall—the dark-thirty.

Awards

  • WINNER | 1996
    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • WINNER | 1994
    Kansas William White Master List
  • WINNER | 1993
    Coretta Scott King Author Award
  • WINNER | 1993
    Newbery Honor Book
  • WINNER | 1992
    Coretta Scott King Author Award

Author

PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.

View titles by Patricia McKissack