The Trail of Tears Now that Annie Rising Fawn is eleven years old, her Cherokee grandmother feels it is time for Annie to get a real education. To do this, Annie must leave the only home she's ever known -- Star Mountain -- and go live with her uncl...
Cuffy wants to buy a boat someday and become a fisherman like his father. In order to earn money, he'll have to do a good business selling his grandma's deviled crabs. From the Gullah culture of Georgia's beautiful Sea Islands comes A Net to Catch Ti...
In a small Southern town at the end of World War II, eleven-year-old Tattnall cares for Obie, her developmentally disabled cousin, and when Obie's actions lead to his death, Tattnall must cope with her loss....
"Four score and seven seven years ago..." Before Abraham Lincoln uttered these immortal words, Union and Confederate soldiers met in the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The year was 1863, and the men that fought on both sides were not just nameles...
In depression-era Alabama, Brother Sayre grows up in his family's boarding house with a number of railroad employees who serve as substitute fathers. Brother strikes up a friendship with Champion, the nephew of his family's maid, who has come south f...