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Juneteenth explores the history around the celebration in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way.

Dawn and Harry have an accident while ice fishing.

Banner Coleman, having learned of her fianc?'s betrayal on her wedding day, begins an affair with her parents' best friend, cowhand Jake Langston, and finds their relationship, as well as the sins of a man which were committed twenty years earlier, causing trouble in her Texas town.

"With the one person who understands him fifteen hundred miles away, Jules must face his fears about coming out alone, which accidentally propels him into the life he's always dreamed of"--OCLC.

March 1836: The story of the Alamo is familiar to most: more than two hundred Texians trapped in an adobe mission and massacred. Though the rallying cry of "Remember the Alamo" rang across the country, Houston knew it was poor strategy to aggressively retaliate immediately. One month after the massacre, he and his army of underdog Texians soundly defeated Santa Anna's troops in under eighteen minutes at the Battle of San Jacinto, and in doing so won the independence for which so many had died. Kilmeade brings one of the most pivotal moments in American history to life.

Can eighteen-year-old Natalie and her great-great-grandmother's magical sisterhood end the cycle of violence in Natalie's small Texas town?.

"Resigned to being an outcast, Angelo isn't alone. Kirsten, a crushable ex-cheerleader and graffiti artist, and Larry, a self-proclaimed invisible band geek, recognize a fellow outsider. Soon enough, Angelo finds himself the leader of their group of misfits. They may be low on the high school food chain, but they're determined to hold their own"--Provided by publisher.

". . . images accompany information about Texas. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publishe.

Seventeen-year-old Amy Goodnight has long been the one who makes her family of witches seem somewhat normal to others, but while spending a summer with her sister caring for their aunt's farm, Amy becomes the center of weirdness when she becomes tied to a powerful ghost.

"Describes the career of congresswoman Barbara Jordan, including her work in the Texas State Senate, time in the US House of Representatives, and her work towards civil rights"--Publisher.