georgia

In 1851, thirteen-year-old Cecilia has her eyes opened to the horrors of slavery when she accompanies her ornithologist uncle on an expedition in search of the rare "Scarlet Ibis," and watches as he shows slaves the way to the Underground Railroad.

Park ranger Anna Pigeon waits out her twenty-one day assignment on fire detail on Cumberland Island National Seashore. When a plane crash in the palmetto thicket calls her to action, she finds more than just the smoldering airplane.

Surveys the history of Georgia, beginning with Native American civilizations and going on to cover European explorations, early statehood, and twentieth-century issues and events.

Offers children a brief overview of the life of Mary Musgrove, a Native American woman who was raised by a white family and helped whites and Native Americans live in peace in the formative years of Georgia's history.

In rural Georgia during World War II, twelve-year-old Ramona Louise determines to do everything to help her beloved older sister Georgie keep the family together after the death of their parents, even to keeping a secret which could destroy their close relationship.

A discharged soldier is framed for a murder by the chief of police in a small town in Georgia where he has just arrived. When the soldier learns that the murdered man was his brother he breaks out of jail and carries out his own investigation. A first novel.

Diane Fallon is out of a job when the new mayor appoints one of his own friends as head of the crime lab, but when both the mayor and her replacement are murdered, Diane is pulled back on the job and into a web of corruption that threatens everyone in the town of Rosewood, Georgia, including her.

After her twin sister Marina is murdered, Susannah experiences a series of bizarre events and she decides to investigate them before it's too late.