A 2003 YALSA nominee for Best Books for Young Adults Raven Jefferson is a fifteen-year old high school dropout on welfare living with her mother and infant son in the projects of Brooklyn. When her sister encourages her to enter a spelling bee whose prize is a college scholarship, Raven is wary, but she rises to the challenge. An Accelerated Reader® title

Spellbound

Teen & Young Adult

Janet McDonald

Literature & Fiction

Thorndike Press

An ALA Award-winning Author Winner of the John Steptoe Award for New Talent Aisha Ingram's idea of the good life doesn't include going to school or worrying about the future. Then she receives a termination-of-welfare-benefits notice. Without them, things don't look good. For Ages 12 and up.

Chill Wind

It may have taken them an extra year or two to do it, but the Washington sisters finally graduated high school. But, now what? Keeba and Teesha are still hanging out on neighborhood benches with no future plans. Then an older friend convinces the sisters that they too have a skill - braiding hair - and that they just might be able to make some money from it. Suddenly, everything changes and the future looks pretty solid . . . until greed, jealousy, and politics turn the sisters' world upside down.  Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Twists and Turns

A Coretta Scott King Award-winning Author Nate Whitely's life at a prestigious prep school in upstate New York takes him far from his Harlem home, but not so far as to sever the strong bond he has to his neighborhood. Like his prep school friends, Nate is doing well academically and has his sights set on college. But complications from one life intrude into the other. Will Nate be able to sustain these powerful ties without jeopardizing all that he's achieved?  Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Brother Hood

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Books by Janet McDonald

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Spellbound

Chill Wind

Twists and Turns

Brother Hood