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The Dark-Thirty

Author Patricia McKissack Illustrated by Brian Pinkney

For Ages

8 to – 12

With 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.

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