In 1934, when her mother leaves her and her father, eleven-year-old Nissa tries to cope with the gossip of her small Louisiana town and the changes in her own life.
Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition through the bayous of Louisiana, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there.
Presents Kate Chopin's 1899 novel about an unhappy wife and mother who embarks on an affair with a younger man and eventually commits suicide; and includes twelve short stories of Creole Louisiana, as well as a scholarly introduction and a reading group guide.
In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.
Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup garou.
During the Depression in the Louisiana bayou, a curious young girl helps the "Swamp Ghost" that her cousins warned her about and finds herself with one good friend.
