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Mary E. Lyons's Books
There are 6 books
1.
The Poison Place
By: Mary E. Lyons
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: November 28, 2007
Ages: 12 - 12
2.
Letters From a Slave Girl
The Story of Harriet Jacobs
By: Mary E. Lyons
This edition: Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 12 - 12
Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery; it's the only life she has ever known. Now, with the death of her mistress, there is a chance she will be given her freedom, and for the first time Harriet feels hopeful. But hoping can be...
Other Formats: eBook
3.
Letters from a Slave Boy
The Story of Joseph Jacobs
By: Mary E. Lyons
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: above 12
Like his mother and grandmother before him, Joseph Jacobs was born into slavery. Joseph lives with his grandmother and sister in North Carolina, but he has not seen his mother for more than seven years. Unbeknownst to Joseph,...
Other Formats: Mass Market Paperback
4.
Roy Makes a Car
By: Mary E. Lyons
Illustrated by: Terry Widener
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2005
Ages: 4 - 8
"If Roy Can't Fix It,
Nobody Can"
Down in Eatonville, Florida, there's a man who can clean spark plugs just by looking at them hard, and who can grease an axle faster than you can say "carburetor." Folks round those parts...
5.
Feed the Children First
Irish Memories of the Great Hunger
Edited By: Mary E. Lyons
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2002
Ages: 9 - 12
The great Irish potato famine -- the Great Hunger -- was one of the worst disasters of the nineteenth century. Within seven years of the onset of a fungus that wiped out Ireland's staple potato crop, more than a quarter of...
6.
Sorrow's Kitchen
The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston
By: Mary E. Lyons
This edition: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publication date: April 30, 1993
Ages: 8 - 12
