(2) K-3 Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. Coy tells the dramatic story of an illegal, secret basketball game in Jim Crow–era North Carolina between the white Duke University Medical School team and the black North Carolina College of Negroes team. The succinct narrative is well paced, compelling, and multilayered, focusing on the remarkable game but also placing it in societal and historical context. DuBurke's illustrations nicely capture the story's atmosphere. Timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2015

(2) YA Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. This enticing historical-fiction graphic novel reminds readers that not all cowboys were white. Born a slave in 1854 Tennessee, Nat Love gains his freedom, then gains respect and acceptance as a cowboy. While the story integrates maps, letters, and longer stretches of prose, the book knows when to rely on the power of image to move the story forward.

Reviewer: Robin Brenner | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2012

(2) YA Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. In 1994, eleven-year-old Black Disciples member Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, attempting to shoot a rival gang member, instead killed a teenaged girl; he was then executed by his fellow Disciples. To tell his story, Neri creates a fictional acquaintance, Yummy's schoolmate Roger. Illustrated with rough vigor, this graphic novel makes for an authentic parable of the dangers of gang life and gang-ruled streets.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Randy DuBurke. Brief slice-of-life vignettes with no apparent connection recount what children around the world are doing at the same moment in time (e.g., while it's 6:00 a.m. in San Francisco and Jared is just waking up, it's 7:00 p.m. in Lahore, Pakistan, and Rashida is eating dinner). Clock-face images and scenes of children engaged in familiar activities accompany this introduction to time zones.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger