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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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Average rating: 4.17 · 71,016 ratings · 10,547 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ghost Boys 4.33 avg rating — 33,429 ratings — published 2018 — 30 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 4.03 avg rating — 11,657 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 — 7,820 ratings — published 2020 — 18 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 4.02 avg rating — 7,058 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 — 2,842 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 — 1,515 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 — 1,450 ratings — published 2021 — 14 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 — 1,258 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
	Will's Race for Home 4.13 avg rating — 1,026 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
	Douglass' Women 4.08 avg rating — 649 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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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins

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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.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

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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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Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

41 votes 24.7%

The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

39 votes 23.5%

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

33 votes 19.9%

Turtle Boy (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane (write-in)

2 votes 1.2%

Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim (write-in)

1 vote 0.6%

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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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