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The Dust Bowl

a history perspectives book
2014
Presents the events of the Dust Bowl which occured during the 1930s from three different perspectives, an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant worker in California, and a government journalist.

The springsweet

2013
Moving from Baltimore to Oklahoma Territory in the late 1800s, seventeen-year-old Zora experiences the joys and hardships of pioneer life, discovering new love and her otherworldly power.

And gladly teach

reminiscences of teachers from frontier dugout to modern module
1976

Se-lu's song

1994
Forced to leave their home in the Smokey Mountains and settle in Oklahoma, a Cherokee family finds little success growing corn until they pray to Se-lu the Corn Maiden.

Green snake ceremony

1995
As a young girl and her grandfather try to find the right kind of snake for a special Shawnee ceremony, illustrations show what a nearby green snake thinks about everything.

The Chickasaw Nation

2003
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Chickasaw people, covering their history, daily lives and activities, customs, family life, religion, government, and history. Includes instructions for making a shell shaker, to be worn when dancing.

The innocent man

murder and injustice in a small town
2007
Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown.

The spectacular now

2009
In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when he starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.

Possum summer

2011
While her father is away at war, eleven-year-old Princess ignores his warning that pet ownership leads to pain when she raises an orphaned possum on their Oklahoma ranch, then tries to send it back to the wild.

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