National Network for Equitable Library Service

In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy.

Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies.

An angry and self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America after enduring trauma on the front lines that left him with more than just physical scars.

May, Christine, Heed, Junior, Vida--even L: all women obsessed with Bill Cosey.

Pecola Breedlove, a young eleven-year-old black girl, prays everyday for beauty.