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M.C. Higgins, the great

1999
As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.

The second bend in the river

1997
In 1798 Rebecca, a young settler in the Ohio territory, meets the Shawnee called Tecumseh and later develops a deep friendship with him.

Crooked river

2005
When twelve-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.

Super 8

2011
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.

Night boat to freedom

2009
At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.

Dr. Gravity

1992
After years of research in Switzerland, a slightly mad scientist returns to his quiet Midwestern hometown determined to rescue it from what he considers to be the noxious effects of gravity.

Toni Morrison's Beloved

a casebook
1999
A collection of essays that analyze Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved.".

White witch, black curse

2009
Witch and detective Rachel Morgan tries to stop a banshee and her family who are disrupting the Hollows while continuing to investigate the death of her vampire boyfriend.

Ohio

1978
Discusses the history, natural resources, places of interest, and famous citizens of the Buckeye state.

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