alabama

Presents a brief exploration of the history, culture, climate, plants and animals, industries, natural resources, and landscape of the state of Alabama. Includes color photographs, a section of quick facts, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.

Provides information about Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, from their geography, history, and government to their economy, population demographics, and major cities.

After her best friend Holly jumps off a railroad bridge and vanishes, fifteen-year-old Jane becomes convinced that the desperate, devouring mud creature who arises from the river is Holly, trapped and unaware she is dead.

"Describes the brutal killing of a young black man in Alabama, and subsequent conviction of two Klansmen in 1981 and the civil suit against the United Klans of America that exposed the true motives and philosophy of the organization and ultimately bankrupted them"--OCLC.

"Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace explore what led [Jonathan Myrick] Daniels to the moment of his death, the trial of his murderer, and how these events helped reshape both the legal and political climate of Lowndes County and the nation"--Amazon.

After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon Blake is removed from the Alabama forest where he was raised and sent to a boy's home, where, for the first time, he has contact with the outside world and learns about friendship, love, and humanity.

When his father tries to save the family farm in Alabama in 1898 by following the advice of George Washington Carver, fourteen-year-old Jesse struggles to help in his own way.

In the small town of Lawton, Alabama, star high school quarterback West Ashby meets new girl Maggie Carlton, both battling feelings of grief and sorrow.