{"product_id":"the-dark-thirty-southern-tales-of-the-supernatural-9780593123478","title":"The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural","description":"With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original, spine-tingling tales inspired by African American history \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the mystery of that eerie half hour before nightfall--the dark-thirty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia C. McKissack\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePat 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460441870610,"sku":"9780593123478","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af30b4bf-29f4-4836-8ac4-97dce724c286.jpg?v=1748523581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dark-thirty-southern-tales-of-the-supernatural-9780593123478","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}