Fredrick L McKissack Jr Books In Order

The Clone Codes

In the year 2170 an underground abolitionist movement fights for the freedom of cyborgs and clones, who are treated no better than slavesThe Cyborg Wars are over and Earth has peacefully prospered for more than one hundred years. Yet sometimes history must repeat itself until humanity learns from its mistakes. In the year 2170, despite technological and political advances, cyborgs and clones are treated no better than slaves, and an underground abolitionist movement is fighting for freedom. Thirteen year old Leanna’s entire life is thrown into chaos when The World Federation of Nations discovers her mom is part of the radical Liberty Bell Movement.

Cyborg

The CLONE CODES sci fi adventure trilogy continues with this second book that blends a futuristic society with pivotal moments in world history. In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a Cyborg, tells his story. Set in the year 2130, The World Federation of Nations determines through laws and regulations that all enhanced persons with three or more synthetic body or organ replacements are classified as three fifths of a human being. As such, Houston is considered less than human and must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe. Drawing on parallels to slavery, terrorism, caste system oppression, and war, readers confront the troubling and complex moral questions probed throughout history.

This Generation of Americans

It is August 1963, and 13 year old Clayton Banks is a month away from starting high school. If life were simply about playing baseball, Clayton’s life would be perfect. But the Civil Rights Movement is changing the world around him, and Clayton not only wants to understand it, he wants to participate. His brother, John Two, home from college, exposes Clayton to the movement’s ideals of nonviolence as well as the reality of the violence directed at its members. John Two’s beliefs are a catalyst for Clayton to discover what he belives in. The young men’s father, a respected dentist, thinks the movement is full of troublemakers, which will only lead to hard times for blacks. Clayton must decide if he wants to degy his father or follow the urgings of his own beliefs.

Jamestown’s American Portraits explores the growth of different generations and cultures through the lives of young boys and girls. These titles are told from a diverse group of boys and girls, coming from different and unique backgrounds that represent America s own diverse population, spanning from the Jamestown Settlement to the Civil Rights Movement.

Titles in this series:

This Generation of Americans: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement, by Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.

The Road to Freedom: A Story of the Reconstruction, by Jabari Asim

All For Texas: A Story of Texas Liberation, by G. Clifton Wisler

The Worst of Times: A Story of the Great Depression, by James Lincoln Collier

Wind on the River: A Story of the Civil War, by Laurie Lawlor

When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina s Story, by Steven Kroll 1895 Italian Immigrant in NYC

An Eye for an Eye: A Story of the Revolutionary War, by Peter and Connie Roop

Sweet America: An Immigrant s Story, by Steven Kroll

The Corn Raid: A Story of the Jamestown Settlement, by James Lincoln Colli

Shooting Star

He wants to be the real deal…
now.

Jomo Rodgers finished his first year on varsity hearing ‘if onlys,’ as in, if only he were bigger.

His talent on the field is easy to spot, and local papers and college recruiters are taking notice. But with his best friend on speed dial for recruiters at big time college programs, and treated like a king at football crazy Cranmer Academy, Jomo decides he wants to be more than merely good, he wants to be the real deal…
now.

Taking his coach’s lecture about commitment to heart, Jomo plunges into a new workout regimen that will make him stronger and faster. But is that enough? A little juice as in steroids might be the difference between being good and being great. It’s an easy choice…
that is about to make his life a whole lot harder.

The World in 1492

Six prominent authors tell the story of what was happening all over the world during the time of Columbus. To the majority of the earth’s inhabitants of 500 years ago, Renaissance Europe was not the center of the world everywhere were societies on the rise or in decline, and now this book reveals their accomplishments. Photographs and illustrations.

Let My People Go

‘Come join me as I take you back to Charleston, South Carolina, to my father’s forge in the early 1800’s. Sit with me on the woodpile as he tells a tale of faith, hope, or love.’In this extraordinary collection, Charlotte Jefferies and her father Price, a former slave, introduce us to twelve best loved Bible tales, from Genesis to Daniel, and reveal their significance in the lives of African Americans and indeed of all oppressed peoples. When Charlotte wants to understand the cruel injustices of her time, she turns to her father. Does the powerful slaveholder, Mr. Sam Riley, who seems to own all that surrounds them, also own the sun and moon? she wonders. Price’s answer is to tell the story of Creation. How can God allow an evil like slavery to exist? she asks. Price responds by telling the story of the Hebrews’ Exodus and shows Charlotte that someday their people, too, will be free. With exquisite clarity, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack and James Ransome a Newbery Honor winner and all Coretta Scott King Award winners brilliantly illuminate the parallels between the stories of the Jews and African American history. Let My People Go is a triumphant celebration of both the human spirit and the enduring power of story as a source of strength. Our hope is that this book will be like a lighthouse that can guide young readers through good times and bad…
. The ideas that these ancient stories hold are not for one people, at one time, in one place. They are for all of us, for all times, everywhere. from the Authors’ Note to Let My People Go

Miami Jackson Gets It Straight

MIAMI JACKSON CAN T wait for school to end. But who ever thought five days could be so long? His teacher is leaving for Ghana, his arch enemy, Destinee Tate, is on his case, and now Miami’s keeping secrets from his best friend, String. Summer can t come soon enough!

Hard Labor: The First African Americans, 1619

Erased by Time In 1619 twenty Africans stepped foot on American soil. They came not as slaves, but as indentured servants. They knew if they could hold on and finish out their sentences, they would be free. They came with dreams of the future and a vision of life as good as any other person’s, black or white. Who were these people? How did they get here? What happened to them? Much of the information about them even their names has been lost. Stories about them are incomplete, and facts are blurred by centuries of neglect. But their stories are worth knowing and keeping and sharing, for they are a part of the American saga. This is their story.