west virginia

When Hee Jun's family moves from Korea to West Virginia, he struggles to adjust to his new home, where none of his classmates look like him and he can't understand anything the teacher says - even when she speaks s-l-o-w-l-y and loudly to him.

Introduces the top ten sites or things to do in West Virginia while discussing the history of the state.

"Marty and his best friend, Shiloh are on another adventure. Marty learns when a secret is too dangerous to keep, and that hate can spread like fire"--.

"When her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left, and nowhere to turn. After her father died in the mines and her mother ran off, he was her last caretaker. They'd always dreamed of leaving Caboose, West Virginia together someday, but instead she's in foster care, feeling more stuck and broken than ever. But then hen Sasha discovers family she didn't know she had, and she finally has something to hold onto, especially sweet little Mikey, who's just as broken as she is. Sasha even makes her first friend at school, and is slowly learning to cope with her brother's death through writing poetry, finding a new way to express herself when spoken words just won't do. But when tragedy strikes the mine her cousin works in, Sasha fears the worst and takes Mikey and runs, with no plans to return"--OCLC.

Presents a brief exploration of the history, culture, climate, plants and animals, industries, natural resources, and landscape of the state of West Virginia. Includes color photographs, a section of quick facts, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.

Provides information about these three remarkable states, from their geography, history, and government to their economy, population demographics, and major cities.

"In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck's father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her own opinion, to go completely mad with boredom"--Jacket flap.

In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and uncle he never knew he had, and he enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and involvement with a union brings trouble, then he joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.

Chronicles the contentious, protracted, and deadly labor struggle between powerful corporations and 50,000 mine workers, their families, and advocates such as Mother Jones for unionization and civil rights in West Virginia during the early 1900s.