north carolina

"When the Ku Klux Kla???s unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice ... Stella lives in the segregated South--in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she ca???t. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan has???t bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something the???re never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. As Stell???s community--her world--is upended, she decides to fight fire with fire. And she learns that ashes do???t necessarily signify an end."--Publisher's web site.

On a dove-hunting trip in North Carolina, Seb is injured in a fall and Sami must get him back to camp.

Abigail Lovett manages The Passage Inn near the Appalachian Trail in the mountains of North Carolina. However, the town where the resort is located has a troubled past--it is the last-known location of a series of missing persons. When journalist Landon West comes to investigate the case, he too disappears. Then Landon's brother Trey arrives to find his brother. Abby thinks his efforts are in vain until she finds a key piece of evidence, putting Abby herself in danger.

When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it.

In 1982 Buncombe County, North Carolina, sixteen-year-old Alex Stromm writes of the aftermath of the accidental drowning of a friend, as his English teacher reaches out to him while he and a fellow boarding school student try to cover things up.

When bookseller Summer Merriwether of Brigid's Island, NC, joins her local library's mystery panel discussion, she learns her late mother's deadly secret: she was somehow linked with an actual murder that rocked Brigid's Island thirty-five years ago, which became the inspiration for a popular novel. When the life of the book's author is threatened, Brigid finds the knowledge of it threatening her own life, as well.

An exploration of North Carolina, with information on its land, economy, history, and culture. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.

"Twelve-year-old Ella loves visiting her grandparents in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina every summer, and this year her grandfather announces they are going catfish noodling--but Ella is unsure about catching a fish with her bare hands"--Provided by publisher.

"From exploring the barrier islands to watching a Carolina Panthers football game, North Carolina is full of adventures. This title introduces the state's people, culture, and places to visit"--Amazon.