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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers.
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When...
The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers.
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the early evening of June 25, 1980 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, two middle-class outsiders named Vicki Durian, 26, and Nancy Santomero, 19, were murdered in an isolated clearing. They were hitchhiking to a festival known as the Rainbow Gathering but never arrived; they traveled with a third woman however, who lived. For thirteen years, no one was prosecuted for the "Rainbow Murders," though deep suspicion was cast on a succession of local...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An award-winning journalist takes us deep into the Appalachian Mountains where the last truly quiet town of America exists and where its residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity, challenging us to rethink the role of tech in our lives.
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned. It is home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the...
Author
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Detailed maps trace the routes runaway slaves followed. Explores the impact of geography, transportation, free blacks, and members of religious congregations on the Underground Railroad. Information on modern roads and landmarks allows readers to retrace escape paths.
10) West Virginia
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Combining recollection, stories, accounts, remembrance, and analysis, the book offers an intimate look at what Americans lost in the massive and orchestrated post-war social and economic shift from an agricultural to an urban consumer society. Along the way, he also provides insights into how 'the second and third generation of displaced agrarians', as Gore Vidal described them, now fuel the discontent of America's politically conservative, God-fearing,...
13) Coal river
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
One of America's most dramatic environmental battles is unfolding in southern West Virginia. Coal companies are decapitating the mountains. The forested ridge tops and valley streams of Appalachia--one of the country's natural treasures--are being destroyed, along with towns and communities. An entire culture is disappearing, and most Americans have no idea it's happening. Journalist Shnayerson recounts the dramatic struggle as grassroots activists...
14) Sky of stone
Author
Publisher
Dell Pub
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
The author continues the story of his life with an account of the summer of 1961, which marked the end of his first year of college and the beginning of his dreams to leave his hometown of Coalwood behind.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The in-depth "true" story of this legendarily fierce-- and far-reaching-- clash in the heart of Appalachia
Describes the little-known truths behind the legendary feud between two Appalachian families that ultimately killed thirteen members in a dispute that became newspaper fodder and eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court
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