The Year of the Three Sisters

Each Tiny Spark

Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family

Touching Snow

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

A Stone in My Hand

Lucky Breaks

The Closest I've Come

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

A history-loving girl, Lyndon Baines Hawkins's relentless search for the truth puts her in direct opposition to her fusspot grandmother’s need to keep up appearances. Lyndie knows lots about history: she can tell you who President Lincoln’s best friend was, the gruesome diseases of Civil War soldiers, and where her Hawkins ancestors built log houses near her home town of Love’s Forge, Tennessee. But when it comes to her Ma and Daddy, her knowledge is full of holes. Nobody talks about what happened to her veteran Daddy during the Vietnam war and why he “came home different,” or why her Ma stays locked in her room for days, or how come they had to sell the house Lyndie grew up in and move in with her strict grandparents. And Lyndie’s grandma, Lady, is determined to mold Lyndie into a “nice” southern girl who knows how to keep quiet about family secrets.

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The Year of the Three Sisters

Patrice Barton, Andrea Cheng, 2015

Each Tiny Spark

Pablo Cartaya, 2019

Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family

Kimberly Willis Holt, Kate Reading, 2006

Touching Snow

M. Sindy Felin, 2007

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

A Arter, Caela Carter, 2021

A Stone in My Hand

Cathryn Clinton, 2002

Lucky Breaks

Susan Patron, Matt Phelan, 2009

The Closest I've Come

Fred Aceves, 2017