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1) The year of the perfect Christmas tree: an Appalachian story

Author

Houston, Gloria

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1988

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Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

2) My great-aunt Arizona

Author

Houston, Gloria

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[1992]

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An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.

3) Bright Freedom's song: a story of the Underground Railroad

Author

Houston, Gloria

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

c1998

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In the years before the Civil War, Bright discovers that her parents are providing a safehouse for the Underground Railroad and helps to save a runaway slave named Marcus.

4) Miss Dorothy and her bookmobile

Author

Houston, Gloria

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2011

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Dorothy has always wanted to work in a library like the red brick one of her girlhood, but after moving to rural North Carolina she discovers that the type of library is less important than the books and the people who read them.

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Gloria Houston

1) The year of the perfect Christmas tree: an Appalachian story

2) My great-aunt Arizona

3) Bright Freedom's song: a story of the Underground Railroad

4) Miss Dorothy and her bookmobile