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Spencer, Elizabeth

Summary: Over the course of a career that spanned six decades, the southern novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Spencer established herself as one of the finest literary artists of a generation that included Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. This definitive volume brings together three remarkable novels: The Voice at the Back Door, her powerful masterpiece about racial...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPE

Patterson, James

Summary: Detective Alex Cross tells the story of an ancestor, Abraham Cross, and his experiences with lawyer Ben Corbett, recounting one man's pursuit of justice in the face of the resurgence of Ku Klux Klan racism and violence in 1906 Eudora, Mississippi.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PAT

Tatlock, Ann.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAT

Jackson, Linda Williams

Summary: Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JAC

Walls, Jasmine

Summary: "It's 1930s Mississippi. Magic is permitted only in certain circumstances, and by certain people. Unsanctioned broom racing is banned. But for those who need the money, or the thrills...it's there to be found. Meet Billie Mae, captain of the Night Storms racing team, and Loretta, her best friend and second-in-command. They're determined to make enough money to move out west to a state that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WAL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 WAL

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