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100	1		_aHamilton, Virginia, _d1934-2002, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aNovels. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aFive novels / _cVirginia Hamilton ; Julie K. Rubini, editor.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y. : _bThe Library of America, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a898 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Library of America ; _v348
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tZeely -- _tThe House of Dies Drear -- _tThe planet of Junior Brown -- _tM. C. Higgins, the Great -- _tSweet whispers, Brother Rush -- _tRelated writings.
520			_a"Rediscover America's most honored writer of children's literature in this deluxe collector's edition of her finest work: five classic novels about African American young people confronting the world and its many challenges. Playing out themes of memory, folklore, and tradition in enthralling, often wildly inventive stories, Virginia Hamilton transformed American children's literature in the 1960s and 70s. Her award-winning novels brought Black characters center stage, creating a multifaceted portrait of African American life that she called "liberation literature." This volume collects five of her best known and most beloved works. In Zeely (1967), Geeder Perry and her brother, Toeboy, go to their uncle's farm for the summer and encounter a six-and-a-half-foot-tall Watusi queen and a mysterious night traveler. In the Edgar Award-winning The House of Dies Drear (1968), Thomas Small and his family move to a forbidding former waystation on the Underground Railroad--a house whose secrets Thomas must discover before it's too late. Junior Brown, a three-hundred-pound musical prodigy, plays a silent piano in The Planet of Junior Brown (1971), while his homeless friend Buddy Clark draws on all his New York City wit to protect Junior's disintegrating mind. In the National Book Award-winning M.C. Higgins, The Great (1974), Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits atop a forty-foot pole on the side of Sarah's Mountain and dreams of escape. Poised above his family's home is a massive spoil heap from strip-mining that could come crashing down at any moment. Can he rescue his family and save his own future? Must he choose? And in Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (1982), fifteen-year-old Tree's life revolves around her ailing brother, Dab, until she sees cool, handsome Brother Rush, an enigmatic figure who may hold the key to unlocking her family's troubled past. This Library of America edition contains twenty beautifully restored illustrations, ten in full color for the first time; a selection of writings in which Hamilton discusses her work; and a newly researched chronology of Hamilton's life and career."--Amazon.ca.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _vFiction.
650		7	_aAfrican Americans. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00799558
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft
655		7	_aFiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423787
700	1		_aRubini, Julie, _eeditor.
830		0	_aLibrary of America ; _v348.
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