Growing Up in the South

Growing Up in the SouthBy: Something about the South has inspired the imaginations of an extraordinary number of Americas best storytellersand greatest writers. That quality may be a rich, unequivocal sense of place, a living connection with the past, or the contradictions and passions that endow this region with awesome beauty and equally awesome tragedy. The stories in this superb collection of modern Southern writing are about childhood, adolescence, and young

and to falconry parks in the English countryside

Bissell found himself entranced by this remote land

the ambush of innocent settlers

geographer and provocateur Trevor Paglen knocks on the doors of CIA prisons

•  lay out steps for sleep-friendly schools and promoting systemic changes that help teens get the rest they need

but a sudden interruption forces the team to prepare for their greatest challenge yet

deeply human coming-of-age story

but my feet are completely woken-up

this heroic tail will keep young readers entertained and giggling from start to finish

which is a great thing to be

nurtured by its complicated past

By: Herman Parish | Illustrator:  Lynne Avril | Series: Amelia Bedelia Laugh along with literal-minded Amelia Bedelia as she gets a dog