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The Cherokee

2000
Discusses the traditional life of the Cherokee peoples in the southern Appalachian Mountains, their beliefs and sense of community, culture, their forced migration along the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma, and life in the twentieth century and beyond.

Knights of the hill country

2006
In his senior year, high school star linebacker Hampton Greene finally begins to think for himself and discovers that he might be interested in more than just football.

The journal of C.J. Jackson

a Dust Bowl migrant
2002
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.

Semiprecious

2006
Uprooted and living with an aunt in 1960s Oklahoma, thirteen-year-old Garnet and her older sister Opal brave their mother's desertion and their father's recovery from an accident, learning that "the best home of all is the one you make inside yourself.".

The innocent man

murder and injustice in a small town
2006
Presents a comprehensive study of the controversial murder trial involving baseball player Ron Williamson.

Knights of the hill country

2013
In his senior year, high school star linebacker Hampton Greene finally begins to think for himself and discovers that he might be interested in more than just football.

The Honk and Holler opening soon

1998
When a young woman and a Vietnamese refugee wander into a small diner a few days before Christmas, the lives of the diner's other customers are changed forever.

Treasures in the dust

1999
Eleven-year-old Annie and her friend Violet tell of the hardships endured by their families when dust storms, drought, and the Great Depression hit rural Oklahoma.

Meet Christopher

an Osage Indian boy from Oklahoma
2008
Looks at the life of eleven-year-old Christopher Cote, an Osage boy from northeast Oklahoma, following him as he goes fishing, attends school, learns to play the trombone, studies the language of his people, and participates in the annual I'n-lon-shka Dances on the Osage Reservation.

Fire in the hills

1998
In 1918 in the hills of eastern Oklahoma, sixteen-year-old Hallie faces many changes in her life after her mother dies and she takes over caring for the family.

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