louisiana

"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--Provided by publisher.

The Louisiana Purchase tells one of the fascinating stories in the history of the United States.

"[Tells the] dramatic story of three young women on a journey in search of family amidst the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who rediscovers their story and its vital connection to her own students' lives"--Provided by publisher.

"In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself"--.

In Crystal Springs, Louisiana, when sixteen-year-old James finds his mother lying in her bed, dead, he tries to run the household by himself, hiding his mother's death from the authorities, caring for his little brother, and scrounging for food until things become increasingly desperate.

Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is shocked when her work on the skull of a newly discovered victim reveals a face nearly identical to that of Jane, her adopted daughter with detective Joe Quinn, and the situation worsens when Eve and Joe learn Jane has been targeted by a serial killer obsessed with women who look like Cira, a beautiful young actress in ancient Rome.

Lia seeks to rid the old plantation house in the Louisiana countryside of the evil that haunts it after her mother inherits it.

When Beau Boutan, a Cajun farmer, is found shot on a Louisiana plantation, the claimants to the killing form a wall of protection around the real murderer.

Owen Foster is pulled from his elite New Orleans boarding school when his father's assets are seized and, back in his small town, begins to piece together his father's past despite mounting danger.