louisiana

Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve spends his time along the Catahoula Bayou trying to help his father avoid the local police.

D'Ray Reid, imprisoned for killing a young man in a convenience store robbery, is forced to reckon with his crime when he is befriended by the dead boy's father.

Two boys who live in the bayou teach their prim city cousing how to be a true Cajun.

Tara Doucet is grieving for her grandmother, and her family is falling apart around her, but it seems like her grandmother has preplanned an elaborate itinerary for her to follow which will lead her and her sister Riley from Louisiana to a South Pacific island and into danger--and everywhere she turns butterflies follow.

When eleven-year-old Don Schmidt wins a chicken-judging contest in his small town of Horse Island, Louisiana, and goes from outcast to instant celebrity, even his neglectful mother occasionally takes notice of him and eventually he discovers some shocking family secrets.

Teenage Lucy learns about life and love with the help of her friends and saucy Tante Pearl over the course of one hot Louisiana summer before her senior year of high school.

An account of the career of Huey Long, a Louisiana politician, and the events that followed his assassination in 1935.

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

Chronicles the life of American author Kate Chopin and discusses how her novel "The Awakening" was viewed by society when it was first published, why she is considered a feminist, how her personal life influenced her writing, and other related topics.