louisiana

In a small town deep in the bayou, seventeen-year-old Grey searches for answers about the disappearance of her best friend, uncovering long-held secrets that threaten everything she believed about herself, her family, her friends, and her home.

Presents facts about Louisiana, including landmarks, people, symbols, and more.

Looks at the state of Louisiana, discussing its climate, geography, economy, population, and history.

"While the other girls have always known they were destined to be witches, Hasani is a Wildseed---a stray witch from a family of non-witches, with no background knowledge, no way to control her magic, and a lot to catch up on. 'Wildseed' may be an insult that the other girls throw at her, but Wildseeds are more powerful than they know. And Hasani will learn that there are ways to use magic and thrive that can never be taught in a classroom"--Provided by publisher.

Contains the title work about a Victorian-era wife and mother who becomes enamored with a young man she meets while on vacation, and includes twelve additional short stories by nineteenth-century American author Kate Chopin.

Growing up in Vacherie, Louisiana, Thelma loves watching the Sunset Limited pass by on its way to California, and she dreams of riding on a real train one day. For now, she has to settle for the schooltrain, where she and her friends and neighbors walk to school in a single file line. Meanwhile, Thelma sees effects of Jim Crow firsthand when her aunt and uncle move to California and then her best friend also has to leave, and she starts to wonder if Jim Crow is going to make trouble for her own family. After her father is fired from his job, Thelma finally gets the chance to ride on a real train when her parents decide to move to California to live with their aunt and uncle. She and her family climb aboard the Sunset Limited, but Thelma soon learns the her true ticket to a better life is her education. Includes an author's note and archival photographs.

Lala, Babyboy, and their parents struggle to cope with the loss of their home to Hurricane Katrina, but find joy again in the celebration of Mardi Gras. Includes facts about Hurricane Katrina and glossary.

". . . images accompany information about Louisiana. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher.

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she's worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?.

Thirteen-year-old Jillian Robichaux's coastal Louisiana town of Boutin suffers a catastrophic flood that might be too much for her community to overcome, but she is determined to keep both Boutin and its indomitable spirit alive.