Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.
Feeling humiliated and confused when his best friend Tessa rejects his love and reveals a long-held secret, high school senior Luke must decide if he should stand by Tessa when she invites a female date to the prom, sparking a firestorm of controversy in their small Indiana town.
When seventh-grader Mitch Sloan moves to Jonasburg, Indiana, he uses his exceptional skills in math, money, and sports statistics to make friends--but gets in over his head when he starts a football betting ring.
Contains full-color photographs, illustrations, and maps that describe the history, geography, people, economy, and government of the state of Indiana; and includes charts, graphs, timelines, and classroom projects.
After being set free from slavery in 1832, young James Starman and his family journey from Tennessee to Indiana to start a new life and over the years they are joined by so many blacks that they start their own town.
It's Autumn in Harmony, and Pastor Sam Gardner has vowed to be ready for Christmas. He enrolls in a scrapbooking class to make a Christmas gift his wife will never forget.
Willow, an African-American woman living in the town of Good Sky, Indiana, finds her heart opening for the first time in almost ten years when she meets her new neighbor, the kind and attentive, slightly strange, Clement.
Working as a birdwatching guide to scrape together enough money to survive, Nathan Lochmueller performs nature research in backwater Indiana, where he falls in love with a heartbreaking free spirit named Lola and confronts the accidental turns of his life.
