The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDanielIt was supposed to be the highlight of her career, the pinnacle for which she'd worked all her life. And as Hattie McDaniel took the stage in 1940 to claim an honor that would make her the first African American woman to win an Academy Award, she tearfully took her place in history. Between personal triumphs and tragedies, heartbreaking losses, and severe setbacks, this historic night of winning best supporting actress for her role as the sassy Mammy

Jamaal Bowman

With her dreams at risk of falling through the cracks of her checklist

Her future is laid out for her

in this life-changing book

Magic awaits those who seek the queen's peaceAnd all the suffering you feel will cease

Sidik Fofana's electrifying collection of eight interconnected stories showcases the strengths

and resistance

Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills

getting scouted by college recruiters

contending with the memories and aftereffects of her own bad childhood

is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony

practitioners of traditional Africana religions