louisiana

Eleven-year-old tomboy Livie is sure that she is responsible for the accident that has put her mother into a coma, so, trying to make amends, she travels through the Louisiana swamps to get a spell that will make her mother well again.

In the small town of Ondine, Louisiana, fourteen-year-old Iris uncovers family secrets when she conjures up the ghost of a boy missing for decades and decides to solve the mystery of his disappearance.

Fifteen short stories blending Vietnamese folklore with American realities as the Vietnamese refugees try to balance their traditions with American popular culture.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, rocked by the discovery that the child's skeleton she buried is not that of her murdered daughter, feels compelled to leave her lover Joe and adopted daughter Jane and take an assignment in Baton Rouge that leads her to the heart of a dangerous, and perhaps deadly, government conspiracy.

Tells of a woman's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. Includes selections of short stories.

Describes the life of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French adventurer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac, discussing his founding of Detroit, his governance of Louisiana, interactions between Europeans and Native Americans at this time, and conflicts between the French and British in America.

In this variation on the traditional song, the narrator's aunt makes repeated trips to Louisiana, returning with a bag of red beans from New Orleans, gumbo from Thibodaux, peaches from Ruston, and so on. Includes sheet music plus facts about the places mentioned in the song.

Presents a biography of the Louisiana governor, Huey P. Long, who made Louisiana the first state to furnish free text books for public schools.