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"Desperado Detectives--aka Mo Lo Beau and her best friend Dale, along with newly-appointed intern, Harm Crenshaw--must take on a new case when Dale's daddy goes on the lam just before his trial is about to start"--Provided by publisher.

Moses Thomas's summer vacation in 1898 does not go as planned, and while he deals with family problems and fickle friends, Moses comes to be more aware of the escalating tension between the African American and white communities of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Relates the story of North Carolina slave George Moses Horton, who taught himself to read, learned to write, and became a well-known, published poet in spite of his slave status.

Presents retellings of eighteen folk tales from the mountain country of North Carolina, featuring Jack, an Americanized version of the fairy tale hero.

Alex Cross' cousin is accused of murder and Alex returns to Starksville, North Carolina for the first time in years. He discovers a community down on its luck, citizens who don't welcome him, and countless memories from his childhood. As he looks for the real murderer he finds that truth is hard to find in a town where no one feels safe to speak.

In a series of letters to her cousin, twelve-year-old Arie Mae relates her life in a mountain valley of North Carolina in the 1920s.

"When Miss Lana winds up the mortified owner of an old inn with an unidentified ghost in the fine print, Mo's itching to take the case. Plus, a historical ghost might make for some much-needed Extra Credit in history. Who's haunting the old inn? And why? Mo and Dale set out to solve their second big case -- only to find the inn might not be the only thing in Tupelo Landing haunted by the past."--from back cover.

Taylor McAden's devotion to his work as a volunteer fireman has left no room in his life for love, but when he becomes involved in the search for four-year-old Kyle who has disappeared following an automobile accident in which his mom, Denise, was injured, Taylor develops feelings for Denise that he cannot deny.

Provides an overview of the history and key personalities connected with the football team, the Carolina Panthers.