Full name: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Author: Patricia C. McKissack Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Horror, Children, Fiction, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780679818632 9780679890065 0679818634 0679890068

With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. Illus. in black-and-white. The legend of Pin Oak -- We organized -- Justice -- The 11:59 -- The sight -- The woman in the snow -- The conjure brother -- Boo Mama -- The Gingi -- The chicken-coop monster. Similar books: Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack Run Away Home by Patricia C. McKissack Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes Prosper's Demon by K. J. Parker Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz Kaspar by Michael Morpurgo Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo The Moonlit Mind by Dean Koontz The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson Walking with Miss Millie by Tamara Bundy Blue Willow by Doris Gates The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman Blind Sunflowers by Alberto Mendez The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh