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In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.

Twelve-year-old Rosemary Patterson learns that she will be attending an all-white school in the fall; but when her best friend is diagnosed with polio, she must face the first day of school alone.

Designed to acquaint readers with famous stories, this book, in graphic novel format, retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

Presents a facsimile printing of the first American edition of Mark Twain's classic novel, in which Huck, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft; and includes an introduction by novelist Toni Morrison and essays on the illustrations.

With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student--who is hiding a big secret--arrives at his small-town Missouri high school.

While trying to find a girl who will date him, Missouri high school junior Leon Sanders befriends a lonely, disfigured female classmate who was burned in a childhood accident.

Rose, the eight-year-old daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, has adventures in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri with her neighbor Swiney Baird.

The unforgettable saga of a mischievous youngster and a runaway slave on a wild expedition to freedom.

"As a New York-to-Missouri transplant in 1943, ten-year-old Susan Marcus discovers a world of prejudice right in her own backyard and makes a small but courageous stand toward equality"--Provided by publisher.

When her beloved cousin goes missing after a May Day celebration, sixteen-year-old Ivy discovers that both her cousin and her hometown in the Missouri Ozarks are as full of secrets as the woods that surround them.

Follow the dogs Baxter, Trevor, Newton, Maia and Titch as they are transported back in time to 1805 Missouri, now as puppies, and must help Seaman and his traveling companions--the explorers Lewis and Clark.