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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 ...more

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	Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating — 33,905 ratings — published 2018 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towers Falling 4.02 avg rating — 11,744 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Brother, Black Brother 4.17 avg rating — 7,877 ratings — published 2020 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ninth Ward 4.01 avg rating — 7,116 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar 4.07 avg rating — 2,860 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bayou Magic 4.01 avg rating — 1,527 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will's Race for Home 4.13 avg rating — 1,330 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise on Fire 3.71 avg rating — 1,474 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau 3.78 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 1993 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Douglass' Women 4.08 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I Am Rebel

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Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

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“Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better" (Rhodes).”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

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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.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ninth Ward

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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

43 votes 29.1%

Until Tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth by Sheila O'Connor

23 votes 15.5%

Echo's Sister by Paul Mosier

14 votes 9.5%

The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman

12 votes 8.1%

Hunger: A Tale of Courage by Donna Jo Napoli

11 votes 7.4%

The Truth as told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor (write-in)

11 votes 7.4%

Just Like Jackie by Lindsey Stoddard (write-in)

8 votes 5.4%

Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship by Irene Latham

7 votes 4.7%

Until Tomorrow, Mrs. Marsworth (write-in)

5 votes 3.4%

Until tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth (write-in)

3 votes 2.0%

Willa of the Woods by Robert Beatty (write-in)

3 votes 2.0%

Hunger (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

The Truth as told by Mason Buttle (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

Echos Sister (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Spooked by Gail Jarrow (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani (write-in)

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“Women hand sight down through the generations. Mother to daughter.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau

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Feb 07, 2012 06:27PM

Thanks for accepting my friendship. I'm excited about reading your books. I have two of them in my personal library.

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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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