After the death of her father in 1855, seventeen-year-old Sophia goes to live with her wealthy and mysterious godfather at his Gothic mansion, Wyndriven Abbey, in Mississippi, where many secrets lie hidden.
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Faulkner, William
First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers?the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason.
When the wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself on a piece of his land known as Sycamore Row, his adult children, his black maid, and Jake Brigance discover a handwritten, revised will and testament. For reasons unknown, Hubbard has left nearly everything to his maid, and that doesn't sit well with Jake, nor with Hubbard's children. Racial tensions flare, and secrets from the past arise to threaten the very society of Ford County.
Eighteen-year-old African-American Alena's sheltered life on her parent's Mississippi farm has not prepared her for the truth about racism, but a shocking discovery leads her to leave her home in 1919 and travel to Chicago in search of answers and justice.
Contains full-color photographs, illustrations, and maps that describe the history, geography, people, economy, and government of the state of Mississippi; and includes charts, graphs, timelines, and classroom projects.
A teenager in post-Katrina Mississippi discovers the whereabouts of a missing young girl after finding a strange, authorless book that describes how a young couple time travel from 1964 to 1985 to help a friend.
High school seniors Ryder and Jemma have been at odds for four years, despite their mothers' lifelong plan that they will marry one day, but when a storm ravages their small Mississippi town, the pair's true feelings are revealed.
Fourteen-year-old Sarah Heart describes how her self-absorbed, hypocritical uncle nearly destroys the Mennonite community over which he has become leader.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the life and writings of William Faulkner, covering major characters and themes; literary and cultural contexts; relatives and friends; historical events, people, and places; social and cultural developments; and literary and philosophical terms and movements.
