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Down in Memphis and northern Mississippi, some wildly diverse people are looking for love--but not necessarily in all the right places.

After serving several years in prison, Glenn Davis returns to his rural Mississippi home, where he forges a path of destruction and violence that finally leads him to a stand-off with Sheriff Bobby

Keegan Bishop, championship skier, is almost injured in a dangerous trap set for one of his teammates. Snowboard tracks leading away from the trap are the only clue as to who might be responsible.

Webb's abusive stepfather has made it impossible for him to live at home, so Webb survives on the streets by busking with his guitar and working as a dishwasher.

Jim Webb's pursuit of the truth about his grandfather's role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military who wants certain events from that wa

In this middle-grade novel, Jim Webb goes to the Florida Keys with his grandfather and becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a dead man and a missing cache of diamonds.

This high-interest novel for teen readers is set in Nashville, where Elle, a talented musician, tries to make it in the cutthroat music business.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Max hops on a freight train to seek out the dad who abandoned him when he was a baby. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this early chapter book, the seventh installment in the Justine McKeen series, Justine sets out to ban bottled water from her school.

In this early chapter book, the eighth installment in the Justine McKeen series, Justine works with Principal Proctor to reduce the school's energy use and save trees in the rainforest.

Webb thinks he has what it takes to make it in Nashville, but one shady music producer may have the power to crush Webb's dreams.

Jace has taken up boxing on the wrong side of the tracks as he prepares to seek vengeance on his abusive father with two other teen vigilantes in this fast-paced entry in the Retribution trilogy.

Presents a Vietnam war story that probes the long-term effects of combat on two veterans.

At 17, Fay Jones leaves her family's squalid home with $3 in her bra and ragged sneakers on her feet.

Presents a story about growing up in rural Mississippi's working class.