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The Glass Castle : A Memoir

Ludie’s Life

Up Molasses Mountain

  • Up Molasses Mountain
  • Attribution

    Julie Baker
  • Publication Details

    Book, Wendy Lamb Books, 2002
  • Description

    In 1953, Clay, West Virginia, is a mining town where families have known each other for generations, and the biggest excitement of the year is when the circus comes to town. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     CHILD LIT (LOWER)  804 B1677u  AVAILABLE

John Henry Days : A Novel

  • John Henry Days : A Novel
  • Attribution

    Colson Whitehead
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, Doubleday, 2001
  • Description

    With John Henry Days, Colson Whitehead delivers on the promise of his critically acclaimed debut in a magnificent new novel: a retelling of the legend of John Henry that sweeps across generations and cultures in a stunning, hilarious, and unsettling portrait of American society. It is 1996, and an assignment for a travel Web site takes Sutter to West Virginia for the first annual “John Henry Days” festival, a celebration of a new U.S. postal stamp honoring John Henry. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3573.H4768 J64 2001  AVAILABLE

Addie

Purple Dots : A Novel

Saving Shiloh

  • Saving Shiloh
  • Attribution

    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997
  • Description

    Marty Preston wonders why it is that despite Judd Traver’s attempts to redeem himself everyone is still so willing to think the worst of him. But Marty’s parents and, with some trepidation, Marty himself persist in their attempts to be good neighbors and to give Judd a second chance. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     CHILD LIT (LOWER)  804 N333sa  AVAILABLE

Shiloh Season

The West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas

Friendly Takeover : How An Employee Buyout Saved A Steel Town

Colored People : A Memoir

Shelter

  • Shelter
  • Attribution

    Jayne Anne Phillips
  • Publication Details

    Book, Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1994
  • Description

    In a West Virginia forest in 1963, a group of children at summer camp enter a foreboding Eden and experience an unexpected rite of passage. stunning prose, with an unpredictable cast of characters and a shadowy, suspenseful narrative, Shelter is a an enduring achievement from one of the finest writers of our time. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3566.H479 S48 1994  AVAILABLE

Missing May

  • Missing May
  • Attribution

    by Cynthia Rylant
  • Publication Details

    Book, Orchard Books, 1992
  • Description

    This wonderful book revolves around a few delightfully named characters: Summer, Uncle Ob, Aunt May and Cletus Underwood. But after Aunt May dies, Summer and Uncle Ob are brought together in their struggles to come to terms with the death. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     CHILD LIT (LOWER)  804 R994m  AVAILABLE
     CHILD LIT (LOWER)  804 R994m c.3 AVAILABLE

Shiloh

This Nest Of Vipers : McCarthyism And Higher Education In The Mundel Affair, 1951-52