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Kenneth Abel. The Burying Field
After four white teenagers desecrate an old slave burial ground, racial
tensions erupt in a vicious war over land, power, and memory in a small
Louisiana town.
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Bebe Moore Campbell. Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine
A racist beating in a small Mississippi town ripples through generations,
changing forever the lives of everyone involved with the incident.
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John Connolly. The White Road
A private investigator runs into complications while investigating the
rape and murder of a young Southern woman as time runs out to save
an African-American from the death penalty.
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Ernest Gaines. A Lesson Before Dying
A young teacher, asked to impart his pride and learning to a young
black man awaiting execution, comes face to face with his own
cynicism and hopelessness in 1948 Louisiana.
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John Grisham. A Time to Kill
Following the brutal rape of his 10-year-old daughter, Carl Lee Hailey, a
black man, kills the two white men accused of the crime.
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Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan. Justice for None
On the run from the law after being falsely accused of murder, a
troubled World War I veteran joins forces with an African-American
who has also been wrongly accused.
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Pet Hamill. Snow in August
Michael Devlin meets Rabbi Hirsch, and in return for teaching the rabbi
about baseball and English, the rabbi teaches Michael Yiddish until
gang violence interferes.
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Gary Hardwick. Color of Justice
When prominent members of an African-American community are
murdered, truths about detectives are revealed and the motive is stark.
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Sue Monk Kidd. The Secret Life of Bees
After her “stand-in mother” insults the three biggest racists in town,
Lily Owens and bold black Rosaleen escape to Tiburon, South Carolina
where they are taken in by bee-keeping sisters.
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Bev Marshall. Walking Through Shadows
The quiet farming community of Zebulon, Mississippi is disrupted by
the murder of 17-year-old Sheila Barnes in 1941.
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Joe Martin. Fire in the Rock
Set in the South during the 1950’s four friends, three white and one
black, find their lives changed forever when a carefree summer takes a
violent turn.
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Walter Mosley. The Man in My Basement
To save the home that has belonged to his family for generations, a
young black man rents his basement to a mysterious stranger for the
summer.
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Delores Phillips. The Darkest Child
Fourteen-year-old Tangy Mae tells of the brutal physical and mental
abuse that her mother inflicts on her and her ten siblings.
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Dori Sanders. Clover
Interracial marriage is seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Clover who
is raised by a white step-mother despite protests from relatives.
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Jeff Stetson. Blood on the Leaves
An African-American prosecutor finds himself prosecuting a civil
rights leader accused of killing whites who were acquitted of hate crimes.
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Ann Tatlock. All the Way Home
An Irish-German girl and a Japanese girl are friends during the 1930’s;
after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese family is sent to an internment camp and
the girls do not cross paths for 20 years.
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