After moving to rural North Carolina, Dorothy discovers that the type of library is less important than the books and the people who read them.

Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

Gloria Houston

Harper

Littlejim

<p>A bookish boy living in a rural North Carolina community in the early years of the twentieth century, hopes to win a newspaper essay contest and thus gain the respect of his stern father</p>

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Philomel

Bright Freedom's Song: A Story of the Underground Railroad

Bright Cameron has always been taught that freedom is a person's most precious right. After all, Papa came to America as a poor indentured worker from Scotland and he toiled for years until his friend Marcus, a slave, helped him to freedom. But for Bright, slavery has always been something she has only heard about. Then she discovers that Mama and Papa are hiding runaway slaves in a hidden compartment of Papa's wagon and boarding them in the barn. Soon Bright, too, becomes involved in her family's secret world. One night, when Papa falls ill, Bright discovers how dear freedom truly is--and what price it exacts from those who must struggle for it.

Bright Freedom's song: A story of the Underground Railroad

scholastic

my great- aunt arizona

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Littlejim Houston is the best student in his school and an excellent writer, admired by everyone in his small North Carolina mountain community—everyone except for his father, Bigjim, whose respect he desires most. Rugged and stern, Bigjim is never satisfied with his son’s work on the family farm and doesn’t approve of Littlejim’s love for writing and schoolwork.Littlejim hopes he can finally earn his father’s respect and understanding by winning a local writing contest and getting his essay published in the Kansas City Star, but first he must find inspiration on the assigned topic, “What it means to be an American.” With a vivid depiction of Appalachian mountain life in the early 1900s and a cast of lovingly portrayed characters, Littlejim explores the values and spirit of immigrant Americans through the unforgettable eyes of a boy seeking his father’s approval.

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Bright Mountain Books

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Books by Gloria Houston