This book examines the depth and triumph of the human spirit, immersing us in a world where neighbors and nature are the gifts and love endures and survives great hardship. Set in rural American and spanning much of the 20th century, this tale captures the spirit of the American experience. [From publisher's description]

"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother,...

Racial tension, a forbidden love affair, and murder are seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy in a 1950s Southern cotton-farming community.

Trying to calm tensions, an ambitious young mill owner agrees to marry the daughter of a homesteading family in 1909 Montana after his spoiled half-brother took advantage of her. 1909. A battle rages in Blue Moon, Montana, between immigrant homesteaders and cattlemen determined to keep the range free. Some believe Benteen Calder is stoking the flames for his own gain. Blake Dollarhide, owner of Blue Moon’s lumber mill, steps in when his half-brother...

"In this 1950s coming-of-age story, two sisters are left reeling when their father is accused of being a member of the Communist party. Bertha finds a haven with the All-American Girls Baseball League. Flossie finds herself in an unexpected friendship. Both are about to discover how much good there is in the world-even in the hardest of circumstances"--

Filled with adventure and humor, Mark Twain's classic novel vividly recreates the world he knew and loved from his years as a Mississippi riverboat captain. Young Huckleberry Finn is one of Twain's greatest creations and one of the most enduring characters in all American literature. He has no mother, and his father is usually drunk, often violent, and almost always vagrant. Huck must live by his wiles, his wits and at times, by petty thievery. But...