num_pages: 122
description: When it is neither day nor night, when shadows lurk and folks scurry home before the ghosts come out, storytelling takes on a spectral cast. During that special half-hour of twilight--the dark-thirty--pick one of these spine-tingling tales and savor it...-A white bus driver who refuses a ride to a penniless black woman later encounters her ghost.-Phantom pictures etched on the windowpanes of a man's house proclaim his guilt in a lynching. -A retired Pullman porter hears a ghostly whistle and knows it's the last train he'll ever ride. Mesmerizing and breathtakingly original, these tales are inspired by African American history and range from the time of slavery to the civil rights era of the twentieth century. With her extraordinary gift for suspense and her sure sense of storytelling, Patricia C. McKissack has created a heart-stopping collection of lasting value, a book not quickly forgotten.
language: English
title: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
titlecomplete: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
genres: Paranormal, Fantasy, Childrens, Short Stories, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Supernatural, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 2012
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf