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Patricia C. McKissack

Born

in Smyrna, TN, The United States

August 09, 1944

Died

April 07, 2017

Genre

History, Children's

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Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book). ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 79,564 ratings · 4,951 reviews · 189 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 4.03 avg rating — 5,375 ratings — published 1997 — 36 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
	Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 3.72 avg rating — 3,714 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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
	Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 3.97 avg rating — 2,945 ratings — published 2000 — 9 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
	Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 2,455 ratings — published 2001 — 10 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
	The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 2,245 ratings — published 1992 — 28 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
	The Clone Codes (The Clone Codes, #1) by Patricia C. McKissack, John McKissack 3.53 avg rating — 1,752 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl 3.88 avg rating — 1,415 ratings — published 2004 — 2 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
	Mirandy and Brother Wind (Dragonfly Books) by Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 1,331 ratings — published 1988 — 29 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
	What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack, April Harrison (Illustrator) 4.47 avg rating — 1,188 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Flossie and the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack, Rachel Isadora (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 1986 — 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

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Series by Patricia C. McKissack

The Clone Codes (3 books)
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3.54 avg rating — 2,195 ratings

Scraps of Time (4 books)
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3.84 avg rating — 468 ratings

Rookie Readers (7 books)
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Miami Jackson (3 books)
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Michael Chesworth (Illustrator)

3.81 avg rating — 139 ratings

Famous African Americans (12 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 97 ratings

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Quotes by Patricia C. McKissack (?)

“It was much more than bricks and stone - It was an idea.”
― Patricia McKissack

tags: education, goin-someplace-special

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“I aine never seen a fox before. So, why should I be scared of you and I don't even-now know you a real fox for a fact?”
― Patricia C. McKissack, Flossie and the Fox

tags: confidence, courage

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“Mali means “the hippopotamus,” which is often used in association with Sundiata, as are the lion, the symbol of the Keita clan, and the buffalo of his mother’s clan.”
― Patricia C. McKissack, The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa

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