Sula Peace and Nel Wright share not only an intimate friendship, but an unspoken secret. Sula leaves Medallion for ten years and when she dies three years after her return, Nel is her only mourner.
Valena, her family, and dog live in rural Ohio, where she and her cousin Melinda share experiences that include seeing the aurora borealis, surviving a tornado, and going to an amazing circus.
A unified collection of stories about life in a small town in Ohio, centering on the experiences of George Willard, a young newspaper reporter who captures the hopes, dreams, and fears of the town's residents.
Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives in post-Civil War Ohio, has borne the unthinkable and works hard at "beating back the past." She struggles to keep Beloved, an intruder, from gaining possession of her present while throwing off the legacy of her past.
Ziggy and his Black Dinosaur pals, filled with stories of their camp counselor's Shawnee ancestors, manage to scare themselves when they decide to test their manhood by sneaking out at night and taking a canoe across the lake.