Books by Patricia C. McKissack
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review 1: Not only is the story of Dinga, a Mende blacksmith in West Africa, and his lost son Musafa not to be forgotten, but the lush, incredibly detailed acrylic and watercolor illustrations of this book are just as memorable. Told as a novel in verse that has the rythmn of a folktale, p...
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review 1: The idea for The Clone Codes and the blending of an imaginary future where clones are the new slaves of humankind and civil rights/abolitionist history is very intriguing and is the only reason the book gets 2 stars instead of 1. The writing and execution of the plot is horribly ...
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review 1: i stand by the ratings when i say that i liked it. its not the most amazing thing that I've read but it is something that i would suggest to people. i don't really know what to say about it other than it was a good read but its not something that i would lose sleep over just to f...
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review 1: This book was really predictable. At points I was like guessing what the next sentence will be and I was right the entire time!!! This book was very cheesy. Leanna is supposed to be 13 years old, yet she acts 9 years old!! She goes and hugs the wrong guys because they helped her,...
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review 1: I thought this book was exceptiona.I would like to read rest of the series and mabye some other books by this author.The chapters in this book were suprisingly short, but I kind of liked that in this book.One of my favorite characters is Houston the cyborg. I think that without h...
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review 1: Phenomenal artwork! For that reason alone "Best Shot in the West," the story of Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick, is worth taking a gander at whether your 8 or 80. Nat's story, born into slavery, turned freedman, turned Bronc buster and cowpuncher is quite interesting. And the comic bo...