kansas

Describes the eleven-year armed conflict in Kansas territory between the proponents of slavery and the free staters.

Provides information about the geography, history, government, economy, people, and places of Kansas, and includes photographs, maps, sidebars, a time line, an almanac of state facts, and a gallery of famous Kansans.

In 1956, toward the end of his life, Reverend John Ames begins a letter to his young son, sharing the story of his life and explaining how his faith influenced his choices and actions.

The Alden children visit an old Kansas inn that is full of secrets, such as why did a famous photographer visit the innto take a single picture, who was the legendary guest who came west on an orphan train.

In the spring of 1988, as his high school graduation approaches, Artie Flood worries that he will never be able to escape his tiny Kansas town.

Sixteen-year-old Mary-Elizabeth "Mike" Szabo, struggling to understand her father's suicide and her own homosexuality, reaches the breaking point when she falls in love with Xanadu, an exotic girl who has moved to small Coalton, Kansas, from the big city.

A graphic novel by Ande Parks that offers a fictionalized account of Truman Capote's experiences in Kansas, where he struggles against the ghosts of his past.

Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.

Two eighth-graders from very different backgrounds, Robeson "Crease" Battlefield and Pacino Clapton, discover in afterschool detention that they have a great deal in common.

An illustrated introduction to Kansas, providing information about the land and climate, natural resources, plants and animals, tourism, industry, goods and services, history, population, politics and government, cultural groups, sports, and arts and entertainment of the state.