
Book List: Tween: Black History
Release Date: 2006
Author: Patricia Mckissack
Pages: 128
Check out this book: Find on the Library CatalogWith an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. "The atmosphere of each selection is skillfully developed and sustained to the very end. Pinkney's stark scratchboard illustrations evoke an eerie mood, which heightens the suspense of each tale.