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Amistad Press

(Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)

Amistad Press publishes works by and about people of African descent on subjects and themes that have significant influence on the intellectual, cultural, and historical perspectives of a world audience.

Specifically interested in books with these subjects or themes: African-American YA novels

Main Address: 10 East 53rd Street
New York New York 10022
Phone: 212-207-7000 or 212-207-7541
Fax:
Updated 8/22/2012

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Contact Information:Ms. Dawn Davis
Amistad Press
10 East 53rd Street
New York New York 10022
Phone:
212-207-7000
Updated 6/30/2005
Contact Information:Ms. Stacey Barney
Editor
Phone:
212-207-7541
Updated 11/22/2005
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1. Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the ...
    Author: Steve Harvey
Young Adult 09/09/2014
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1,818 Reviews  
2. Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the ...
    Author: Steve Harvey
(Unknown)  09/09/2014
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9 Reviews
3. Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man (Paper...
    Author: Steve Harvey
(Unknown)  08/28/2012
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1,144 Reviews  
4. One Crazy Summer (Paperback)
    Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Ages 9-12 12/27/2011
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3,345 Reviews  
5. Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the ...
    Author: Steve Harvey
(Unknown)  09/09/2014
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1,669 Reviews  
6. Monster (Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult 05/08/2001
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6,861 Reviews  
7. Bad Boy: A Memoir (Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult 05/07/2002
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703 Reviews  
8. Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man (Hardc...
    Author: Steve Harvey
(Unknown)  12/07/2010
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951 Reviews  
9. Satch & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) (Paperback)
    Author: Dan Gutman
Ages 9-12 01/27/2009
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160 Reviews  
10. Lockdown (Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult 12/27/2011
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455 Reviews  
11. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art (Hardcover)
    Author: Belinda Rochelle
Ages 4-8 12/26/2000
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27 Reviews  
12. The Known World: A Novel (Paperback)
    Author: Edward P. Jones
(Unknown)  05/25/2004
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3,590 Reviews  
13. Lockdown (Hardcover)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult 02/02/2010
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445 Reviews  
14. The Known World (Paperback)
    Author: Edward P. Jones
(Unknown)  08/29/2006
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2,998 Reviews  
15. One Crazy Summer (Hardcover)
    Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Ages 9-12 01/26/2010
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16. Donavan's Word Jar (Trophy Chapter Book) (Paperback)
    Author: Monalisa DeGross
    Illustrator: Cheryl Hanna
Ages 4-8 08/08/1998
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63 Reviews  
17. Scorpions 25th Anniversary Edition (rpkg) (Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult 12/08/1995
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631 Reviews  
18. black is brown is tan (Paperback)
    Author: Arnold Adoff
    Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully
Ages 4-8 01/06/2004
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272 Reviews  
19. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (Reading Rainbow Books) (Hardcover)
    Author: John Steptoe
    Illustrator: John Steptoe
Ages 4-8 03/31/1987
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770 Reviews  
20. I Can Make a Difference: A Treasury to Inspire Our Children (Hardcover)
    Author: Marian Wright Edelman
    Illustrator: Barry Moser
Ages 4-8 11/01/2005
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22 Reviews  
21. Bronzeville Boys and Girls (Hardcover)
    Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
    Illustrator: Faith Ringgold
Ages 4-8 12/26/2006
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26 Reviews  
22. Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion (Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
    Illustrator: Alix Delinois
(Unknown)  01/26/2016
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23. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad (Paperback)
    Author: Ann Petry
Young Adult 12/15/1995
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284 Reviews  
24. Dope Sick (Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult 02/02/2010
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282 Reviews  
25. Handbook for Boys: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
    Author: Walter Dean Myers
    Illustrator: Matthew Bandsuch
Young Adult 04/01/2003
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137 Reviews  
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