Sharon M. Draper is an American author known for her contributions to children's and young adult literature. Her notable works include "Out of My Mind," "Stella by Starlight," "Copper Sun," "Blended," "Romiette and Julio," and "November Blues," which often explore themes of identity, resilience, and social issues. Draper has received multiple awards for her writing, reflecting her impact in the field.
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Trapped in a body that won't obey, a brilliant girl with a photographic memory fights to shatter the world's misconceptions and prove her intelligence, one silent word at a time.
In the segregated South, young Stella's world is upended when the Ku Klux Klan reappears, forcing her to find her voice and fight prejudice with the power of her own stories and resilience.
Stolen from her West African village and thrust into the brutal American slave trade, fifteen-year-old Amari clings to the elusive dream of freedom as she embarks on a perilous journey to Fort Mose, a Spanish sanctuary in Florida.
An eleven-year-old girl, caught between two homes, two names, and two racial identities, navigates her parents' divorce while looking for a sense of wholeness in a world that constantly categorizes her.
In modern Verona, an online romance between an African-American girl and a Hispanic boy starts a dangerous feud with a racist gang, forcing them to fight for their love and lives against prejudice.
Grappling with an unexpected pregnancy and the ghost of a lost love, November navigates the aftermath of tragedy while Jericho, haunted by his cousin's death, seeks solace in new pursuits, testing the bonds of friendship and family.
Jericho's quest for belonging within an elite high school club becomes a difficult test of integrity as he confronts the escalating cruelty of initiation rites and the high cost of conformity.
When chaos threatens their school, a group of unlikely friends, led by the ostracized Arielle, must face their own problems and shattered views to stop a troubled classmate from a deadly act.
In the racially charged atmosphere of 1957 Little Rock, Sylvia, a young Black girl, must decide if she has the courage to be one of the first students to integrate Central High, facing the prejudice that threatens her community.
