|aPorch lies|btales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters|cPatricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by André Carrilho.
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|a1st ed.
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|aNew York|bSchwartz & Wade Books|cc2006.
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|axii, 146 p.|bill.|c28 cm.
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|aWhen Pete Bruce came to town -- Change -- The devil's guitar -- Aunt Gran and the outlaws -- By the weight of a feather -- A grave situation -- The best lie ever told -- The earth bone and the King of the Ghosts -- Cake Norris lives on.
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|aChildren's stories, American.
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|aAfrican Americans|vJuvenile fiction.
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|aCarrilho, André.
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|aTales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters.
A collection of humorous and exaggerated tales, great for reading aloud, is seeped in early-20th-century African-American history and is a nice companion to The Dark-Thirty.