Julius Lester

It seems animals are like people in many ways--they just can’t get along with one another. And Brer Rabbit has the most trouble of all....

As did his father before him, Pierce Butler treats his plantation slaves like family. But massive gambling debts force him to sell 429 “family” members....

With healthy doses of wit and wisdom, Julius Lester's disarming narrative leads us through the tale of Cupid and Psyche and helps us navigate our own treacherous passions....

A fictional recreation of the turbulence of the 1960s civil rights movement, narrated from alternating perspectives, chronicles the life and times of charismatic African-American leader John Calvin Marshall....

This story tells of the legendary contest to the death between a spirited young man with a hammer and a steam drill to build a tunnel through the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia....

Siblings Jenna and Jeremy have known for a long time that their parents don’t get along. They find out just how bad it is when they are pulled out of class and told their father just shot and killed their mother....

Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. Julius Lester has written a story that places each of us squarely inside the skin of both slave and slave owner. It will capture the heart of every listener....