saint louis (mo.)

"Discusses the features and history of the Gateway Arch. Includes several fun facts and a That's Amazing! feature"--Provided by publisher.

The portrait of an extended black family where the thirteen-year-old daughter is striving to be grown up while facing prejudice and school busing pressures outside the family.

The portrait of an extended African-American family in which the thirteen-year-old daughter strives to be grown-up while facing prejudice and school busing pressures outside of the family.

In this sequel to "Once upon a time when we were colored," the author recounts traveling to Saint Louis to follow his dreams.

Discusses the construction, history, and current status of the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis, Missouri, which is both a bridge across the Mississippi River and a memorial to the city's role in pioneer days.

Chronicles the history, design, and building of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

As the family gathers at her grandmother's bed-and-breakfast for a murder mystery weekend, seventeen-year-old Jen confronts her ambivalent feelings about her mother, who disappeared fourteen years earlier, and about the possibility that she might be dead.

Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, and dominating mother, hopes to match her daughter Laura with an eligible "gentleman caller" while her son Tom supports the family. Laura, lame and painfully shy, evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to the make-believe world of her glass animal collection. Tom eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura.