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Mississippi

2024
"Welcome to Mississippi! Let Kafi show you around the state where he lives. Learn about his state's flag, animal, and flower. Find out his favorite activities too!"--Provided by publisher.
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The search for Big Lou

2024
"Fourteen-year-old Presley Walton had never ventured any farther than the city limits of Hattisburg, Mississippi. Her world revolved around chilling in her bedroom and using her cell phone to follow social media posts. Presley was getting ready to enjoy her typical summer vacation, but her parents had other plans. Before she knew what happened, Presley was headed to Camp Golden Arrow, exactly in the middle of nowhere. Her mom had attended this camp when she was a teen. Hearing her mom's stories of camp friendships, cabin contests, and outdoor fun made Presley dread this forced adventure even more. Identical twins, Mia and Ann, team up with Presley to make the fourteen days unforgettable with playing epic prank wars, challenging the camp bully, and fishing for Big Lou, a 100-pound blue catfish"--Back cover.
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Loretta Little looks back

three voices go tell it : a monologue novel
2022
Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.
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Lloro por la tierra

2021
Presents the story of an African-American family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s, whose children do not understand the prejudice and discrimination aimed at them.
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Brooms

In an alternate 1930s Mississippi, magic is regulated by those in power and Blacks and other people of color are prohibited from practicing it--unless, of course, they get an exemption. Hoping to earn enough money for the exemption fee, or to simply move away to a state where they can practice magic, a coven of witches form a team to participate in underground broom racing, which is lucrative but illegal. Led by captain Billie Mae and her best friend Loretta, the team includes transmasculine Cheng-Kwan, and Choctaw and Black Mattie and Emma. As local officials try to catch them breaking the law, the group prepares for their biggest race yet, which could be the answer to their prayers or the source of their downfall.
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The barn

the secret history of a murder in Mississippi
2024
"A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long"--Provided by publisher.
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Freedom Summer 1964

turning point for voting rights
2024
"Voting gives people a voice in their communities. In the past, racist laws and practices kept Black American voices silent. No place was more affected by this racism than the state of Mississippi. In 1964, organizers and volunteers brought change to Mississippi. This movement to register Black voters became known as Freedom Summer, and it led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Discover the people, events, and results of Freedom Summer and learn why voting rights remain an important issue today"--Provided by publisher.

The girls in the stilt house

a novel
2021
"Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her unbearable life on the swamp, and to her harsh father in Mississippi. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. And she knows there will be a price to pay with her father. Matilda, daughter of a sharecropper, is from the other side of the Trace. Doing what she can to protect her family from the whims and demands of some particularly callous locals is an ongoing struggle. She forms a plan to go north, to pack up the secrets she's holding about her life in the South and hang them on the line for all to see. As the two girls are drawn deeper into a dangerous world of bootleggers and moral corruption, they must come to terms with the complexities of their tenuous bond and a hidden past that links them in ways that could cost them their lives"--Provided by publisher.

Wade in the water

a novel
A novel of female power and vulnerability, race, and class explores the unlikely friendship between a precocious black girl and a mysterious white woman in a small Mississippi town in the early 1980s.

Mississippi

Looks at the state of Mississippi, discussing its climate, geography, economy, resources, population, and history.

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