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The truth according to us

a novel
2015
"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.

Billy Creekmore

[a novel]
2007
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.

The devil is here in these hills

West Virginia's coal miners and their battle for freedom
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.

A Shiloh Christmas

2015
"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"--Provided by publisher.

What's great about West Virginia?

2016
Introduces the top ten sites or things to do in West Virginia while discussing the history of the state.

Lux

consequences
Collects two stories from the "Lux" series following Katy and Daemon's search for the truth about the secret organization that tortures and tests hybrids.

Lux

beginnings
Katy becomes psychically linked to alien Daemon, and the pair must dodge a galaxy of enemies looking to steal Daemon's abilities while dealing with their growing feelings for one another.

West Virginia

2015
Takes readers on a tour of West Virginia, describing the state's history, culture, land, economy, government, and sights, and including unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, suggested activities, lists of famous people, cultural institutions, and annual events, and other resources.

Crapalachia

a biography of a place
2013

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