Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only African-American barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 172
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: uncles [X], barbers, african americans [X], historical fiction, blacks, barbers and barbershops, segregation
Kinda Blue
Sissy feels lonely and blue until her Uncle Dan cheers her up by explaining that everything, even corn, needs special attention every now and then.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Donavan's Double Trouble
Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math, and then when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from National Guard duty an amputee, Donavan's problems get even worse as he struggles to accept this "new" Uncle Vic.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
Broken China
China Cup Cameron, a fourteen-year-old single mother with only her paralyzed Uncle Simon for support, takes on tremendous personal debt in hopes of a beautiful funeral after her daughter dies.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: funeral rites and ceremonies, death, african americans [X], uncles [X], poor, teenage mothers, mothers and daughters, single-parent families
P.s. Be Eleven
Amidst the changes overtaking her world in the 1960s, from the rise of the Jackson 5 to her father's new girlfriend, eleven-year-old Delphine struggles to keep her life in order.
FIC
year:
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: father-daughter relationship, grandmothers, african americans [X], uncles [X], family life, new york (n.y.)
Me And Uncle Romie
A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Freedom Songs
In the sixties, when Sheryl's Uncle Pete joins the Freedom Riders down South, she organizes a gospel concert in Brooklyn to help him.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
A Ghost Story
When Uncle Pete comes to visit, he listens to Celeste's singing and helps Jonathan get rid of the ghost that's been causing so much trouble.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Doing Right
Puzzling over conflicting advice from family members, seventeen-year-old DeQuin Lewis continually faces trouble inhis St.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: conduct of life, african americans [X], family life, father-son relationship, uncles [X], grandfathers, saint paul (minn.), fathers and sons, prisoners' families
Me And Uncle Romie
A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bearden, romare, african americans [X], uncles [X], artists, paintings, drawings, harlem (new york, n.y.)