Central Kansas Library System

Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi.

The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones.

Months after the disappearance of her twin sister, seventeen-year-old Payton Brave continues to struggle with grief and lost memories as she tries to uncover her missing sister's fate.

In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's town of Hanging Moss, Mississippi, is beset by racial tension when town leaders close her beloved public pool rather than desegregating it.

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive.

Presley is unwillingly sent to a two week camp, but ends up making friends with twins Mia and Ann. The girls make memories fishing for Big Lou, a 100 pound catfish.

"Twelve-year-old Sam has been given a fishing boat by his father, but he hates fishing. Instead he uses the boat to disappear for hours at a time, exploring the forbidden swampy surroundings of his bayou home. Then he discovers a strange kid named Davey, mysteriously alone, repairing an abandoned cabin deep in the woods. Not fooled by the boy's evasive explanation as to why he's on his own, Sam becomes entangled in his own efforts to help Davey. But...

"Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series."--Amazon.com.

In Mississippi in 1955, a white sixteen-year-old finds himself at odds with his grandfather over issues surrounding the kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old African American from Chicago.