Kate Messner
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Language
English
Description
Before she was a famous New York City fashion designer, Ann Lowe was a young Black girl growing up in Alabama, surrounded by flowers and the fabric inside her mother's dress shop. Ann learned sewing skills from her mother and soon was helping her create gowns for the city's wealthy White establishment. Tragedy befalls her when she is just sixteen years old: her mother falls ill and later dies, leaving Ann to compartmentalize her grief and work around...
Author
Language
English
Description
Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's class, and they do everything the students do. So when Miss Maxwell tells the class they're going on a field trip to a local farm to help with the farm animals, pick apples, and learn about where food comes from, Fergus and Zeke make a plan to sneak their way onto the trip. It's busy harvest time on the farm, and before they know it, Fergus and Zeke are separated from the class and running...