mississippi

In Mississippi in 1936, twelve-year-old Shortning Bread Jackson tries to help his falsely convicted father while dealing with the troubled racial climate in his town.

Describes the struggle for civil rights for African-Americans in Mississippi, from the time of slavery to the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Often left alone on their five-acre Mississippi farm by her traveling salesman father, Ellen learns, through a terrifying experience, to distinguish between real and false fears.

Presents an introduction to the history, geography, industry, places of interest, and people of the "Magnolia State.".

Twelve-year-old Missy tries to learn more about her mother's odd behavior as she and her two friends share some secrets during a long, hot summer in Mississippi toward the end of World War II.

Takes readers on a tour of Mississippi, visiting fifteen attractions and describing the state's history, culture, and economy along the way; and includes unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, and lists of state symbols, famous people, and further resources.

Harriet, just a baby when her nine-year-old brother was murdered, decides at the age of twelve she is tired of living with the repercussions of his death and sets out to exact revenge on the man she believes to be the killer.

Fifteen-year-old Marcus Oday, sentenced to prison after killing his friend Obie's father for desecrating his own father's grave, is rescued by Mims, an inmate who becomes his guardian, counselor, and friend even after they are released.

Sugar Beth Carey returns to her home town of Parrish, Mississippi and faces the wrath of the people she hurt and humiliated fifteen years earlier.

The life of Jewel Hilburn, a mother living with her husband and children in the backwoods of Mississippi in 1943, undergoes a drastic change when her sixth child, Brenda Kay, is born without the gift of common sense.