Patricia McKissack
Patricia C. McKissack was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl; Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North; and Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl. She also wrote a novel for The Royal Diaries series: Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba. Notable standalone works include Flossie & the Fox (1986), The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural (1992), and Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (1992). What is Given from the Heart was published posthumously in 2019.
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What is given from the heart
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2019
Never Forgotten
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2011
The clone codes
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2010
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
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2007
Friendship For Today
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2007
A Song for Harlem
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2007
Stitchin' and pullin'
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2007
Porch Lies
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2006
Loved Best
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2005
Abby Takes a Stand
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2005
Look to the Hills
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2004
Slave Girl
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2003
Miami Sees It Through (Road to Reading Mile 5 (Chapter Books)
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2002
Miami Jackson Makes the Play
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2001
Color Me Dark
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2000
Miami Jackson Gets It Straight
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2000
The Honest-to-Goodness Truth
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2000
Nzingha, warrior queen of Matamba
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2000
Goin' someplace special
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2000
Messy Bessey's Holidays
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1999
Messy Bessey and the birthday overnight
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1998
Messy Bessey's School Desk
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1998
Run Away Home
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1997
A Picture of Freedom
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1997
Ma Dear's Aprons
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1997
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
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1992
A Million Fish...More or Less
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1991
Messy Bessey's garden
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1991
Messy Bessey's Closet
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1989
Monkey-Monkey's Trick
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1988
Mirandy and Brother Wind
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1988
Nettie Jo's Friends
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1988
Bugs
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1988
Messy Bessey
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1987
Who Is Coming
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1986
Flossie & the Fox
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1986
The three bears
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1985
The Inca
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1985
Who is Who?
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1983