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Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Jewell Parker Rhodes has always loved reading and writing stories. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she was a voracious reader as a child. She began college as a dance major, but when she discovered there were novels by African Americans, she knew she wanted to be an author. She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream.

Now she is the author of eleven books for youth including the New York Times bestsellers Will's Race for Home, Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. Her other books include Soul Step, Treasure Island: Runaway Gold, Paradise on Fire, Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Nin
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Average rating: 4.17 · 71,016 ratings · 10,547 reviews · 32 distinct worksSimilar authors
Ghost Boys

4.33 avg rating — 33,429 ratings — published 2018 — 30 editions
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Towers Falling

4.03 avg rating — 11,657 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions
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Black Brother, Black Brother

4.17 avg rating — 7,820 ratings — published 2020 — 18 editions
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Ninth Ward

4.02 avg rating — 7,058 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions
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Sugar

4.07 avg rating — 2,842 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions
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Bayou Magic

4.01 avg rating — 1,515 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions
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Paradise on Fire

3.71 avg rating — 1,450 ratings — published 2021 — 14 editions
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Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of M...

3.78 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 1993 — 19 editions
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Will's Race for Home

4.13 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions
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Douglass' Women

4.08 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions
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“Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better" (Rhodes).”
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“Can't undo wrong. Can only do our best to make things right.”
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“The world can be a hard place sometimes... You have to have heart. You have to be strong. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. Not just any strong, mind you, but loving strong.”
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Lawrence Thanks for accepting my friendship. I'm excited about reading your books. I have two of them in my personal library.


Christina Thank you for accepting my friendship request. I won a copy of "Hurricane" on one of the giveaways and loved it! I am a book reviewer for examiner.com and I just wanted to share my review of the book with you. I only hope I was able to do it justice.

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