The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Overview:

  • Title: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
  • Author: Patricia C. McKissack
  • Year: 1993
  • ISBN-10: 0590477358
  • Publisher: Scholastic
  • Pages: iv+123
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
  • Notes:
    • A Newbery Honor book.
    • Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.
    • Page 123 is the book's inside back cover.
    • There is no price in or on the book.
    • RL5 010-012.
    • This is a collection of original stories rooted in African-Americian oral storytelling tradition.
    • Not all, but most do have some supernatural or fantastic basis to them.
    • Each story is preceded by a short paragraph by the author that puts each story in historical perspective.
    • First edition was published in hardcover in 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.