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New African American Fiction Check out these New Fiction Titles Recommended by Black Caucus members of the National Council of Teachers of English. Plain Brown Wrapper: an Alex Powell novel Chosen People : an Alex Powell novel by Karen Grigsby Bates Los Angeles Times reporter Alex Powell is a single woman in her mid-thirties with a fine mind, quick temper and sharp tongue who is motivated to investigate injustice after the murder of her mentor. Voodoo Season : a Marie Laveau mystery by Jewell Parker Rhodes A smart modern-day heroine, unafraid of her sexuality, Marie Levant extends the Laveau legacy of spiritual empowerment, prophetic vision, and voodoo possession. Voodoo Season is a work of fiction that is a womanist tale of mystery and power. Fledgling : a novel by Octavia E. Butler Shori is an apparently young amnesiac girl whose alarming needs and abilities lead her to a startling discovery: she is in fact a 53-year-old vampire, genetically modified to walk in the light of day. Hugo and Nebule award winning author Octavia Butler passed away on February 24, 2006. She was one of the few African-American women science fiction writers. Baby Brother's Blues : a novel by Pearl Cleage When Regina Burns married Blue Hamilton, she knew he was no ordinary man. A charismatic R&B singer who gave up his career to assume responsibility for the safety of Atlanta's West End community, Blue had created an African American urban oasis where crime and violence were virtually nonexistent. Babylon Sisters : a novel by Pearl Cleage Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn't have: a father for her child - and she's spent many years dodging her daughter's questions about it. All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for The Known World, returns with a collection of 14 short stories. Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper When slave traders invade Armari's village, she is dragged to a slave ship bound for the Carolinas. Bought by a plantation owner, Amari befriends a white indentured servant named Polly and struggles to hold on to her memories in the face of hopeless and despair. http://www.tscpl.org/books/comments/new_african_american_fiction/