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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 — 33,699 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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 — 11,713 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 — 7,865 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 — 7,084 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 — 2,855 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 — 1,524 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
	Paradise on Fire 3.71 avg rating — 1,463 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
	Will's Race for Home 4.14 avg rating — 1,218 ratings — published 2025 — 6 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 3.77 avg rating — 1,269 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 — 653 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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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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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.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ninth Ward

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We have read a lot of great literature this year, but have we missed your favorite?

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Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

24 votes 24.7%

Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart

20 votes 20.6%

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor

17 votes 17.5%

Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

16 votes 16.5%

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman

6 votes 6.2%

Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban

5 votes 5.2%

Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker

4 votes 4.1%

What elephants know by Eric Dinerstein (write-in)

2 votes 2.1%

paper wishes (write-in)

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When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Fogliano (write-in)

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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (write-in)

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“Women hand sight down through the generations. Mother to daughter.”
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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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