The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

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.

Author: Patricia McKissack
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 03/29/2022
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.40h x 7.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780593123478
ISBN10: 0593123476
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States | 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense

About the Author
Patricia C. McKissack (1944-2017) was an award-winning author who came from a family of skilled storytellers who taught her to listen and observe and who encouraged her lifelong love affair with words. The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural was a 1993 Newbery Honor Book, and Pat received the Coretta Scott King Author Award for it. She also frequently collaborated on books with her husband, Fredrick.

Pat wished she could have talked to her hero, Frederick Douglass, about his rise from slavery, his daring escape, and freedom--at last! If she had not been an author, she would have liked to have been an interior designer or an architect so she could have told stories through design.