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Series
Newpointe 911 volume 2
Language
English
Description
A poisoned past. A bitter present. Is Celia a murderer … or a victim? Detective Stan Shepherd lies comatose in the hospital, a victim of arsenic poisoning. The Newpointe police have a suspect: Celia Shepherd, Stan's wife. Celia is no stranger to such charges. When her first husband died of poisoning, a technicality scuttled the case against her and Celia got of scot-free. Now it looks like the same old story-only this time, the motive appears plain....
Series
Discover America volume 18
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Full of facts and information, text covers the state's past and present.
5) Louisiana
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the state of Louisiana.
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Series
Ya-Yas volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Brilliant. . . . A structural tour de force. . . . A classic Southern tale of dysfunctional and marginal madness. The author's gift for giving life to so many voices leaves the reader profoundly moved."- Seattle Weekly
The companion novel to Rebecca Wells's celebrated #1 New York Times bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Who can resist the rich cadences of Sidda Walker and her flamboyant, secretive mother, Vivi? Here, the young Sidda-a...
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Series
Dave Robicheaux novels volume 8
Language
English
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Description
A brutal legacy of cruelty and hate is awakened in the bayou. When Sonny Boy Marsallus returns to New Iberia after fleeing for Central America to avoid the wrath of the powerful Giacana family, his old troubles soon follow. Meanwhile Dave Robicheaux becomes entangled in the affairs of the Fontenot family, descendants of sharecroppers whose matriarch helped raise Dave as a child. They are in danger of losing the land they've lived on for more than...
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Series
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English
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Baby, Come BackThe very handsome man sitting on Alice Dougherty's sofa and asking for her advice on none other than Hayes Bradford - the widowed father she'd once come so close to marrying. It seemed like yesterday that Hayes had broken her heart, yet it had been twelve long years since she'd seen him and his adorable little son. But now that son was all grown-up - and had gotten a lovely young woman in the family way. Yet Hayes just wasn't ready...
Author
Series
Dave Robicheaux novels volume 10
Language
English
Description
In the Dave Robicheaux mysteries, Edgar Award-winning and best-selling author James Lee Burke immerses his fans deep in the Louisiana underworld of cops, convicts, and con artists. With each intriguing case that lands on the police detective's desk, Dave continues his debate with the unpredictable forces that dwell within him. A journalist has asked Dave to help her investigate rumors of police brutality in the Iberia Parish jail. But since her father...
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Language
English
Description
"In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs--now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire...
12) Louisiana
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his father takes him to visit the Louisiana bayou, Buster sends postcards to his friends back home telling them about the Cajun language, learning to catch crabs, and keeping watch for a swamp monster.
14) Wade
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Wade Benedict has a job to do: infiltrate a treacherous land and rescue Chloe Madison. It was her father's dying wish and Wade is taking it personally. The problem is, this stubborn, angry and courageous woman doesn't want to be saved. Her rage at the oppressive treatment of women has pulled Chloe into the dangerous world of an underground rebellion. She can't desert the women with whom she forged a daring alliance, and this self-appointed rescuer...
15) Louisiana
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From rural swampland to the historic streets of New Orleans, Louisiana is home to many incredible sights. Readers will get a taste of everything this incredible southern state has to offer as they explore its most notable locations and absorb the local culture. They will also explore its rich history, learn about the local government, and more.
16) Plain Jane
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Language
English
Description
Back in college, Jane Lewis would have given anything to be like homecoming queen Connie Bryan. Instead, she was just Plain Jane--overweight, frumpy, and painfully shy. That was then. Today, a lovely and confident Dr. Jane Lewis has a thriving psychotherapy practice, her own radio talk show, a beautiful old Louisiana mansion, and her affectionate, nutty dog, Olive, to keep her company. The only thing missing is someone to share her life.
Jane has...
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Series
Second chances (Terri Blackstock) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Normally, Wes Grayson would have been attracted to the striking woman with the camera. But this woman has clearly been stalking Amy, his adoptive daughter and the center of his life. And a threat to Amy is a threat to Wes. Laney Fields has no desire to threaten anyone, just a longing to see the child she'd brought into the world six years ago and then been forced to release for adoption. But when she learns that Amy's adoptive mother has died, Laney...
18) Word of honor
Author
Series
Newpointe 911 volume 3
Language
English
Description
What will it cost to keep a promise? Of the four people at the Newpointe post office when the bomb went off, three were killed instantly. The fourth, a five-year-old boy, lies comatose in the hospital and might not survive. Who would do such a thing? The answer comes in the form of a gunman crashing through the door of the hotel room where Jill Clark is staying. With a rifle barrel pointed at her temple, the young attorney suddenly finds herself the...
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English
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It's a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, wondering -- half seriously -- if she could kill herself with aspirins and Coca-Cola. She's been living in stifling old Gentry since the day she was born and trapped in a sham of a marriage to PeeWee LeBlanc since she was only seventeen. In short, she's fed up, restless, and ready for an adventure.
Sissy just never imagined temptation would come...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ten stories trace the connections between four generations of one Louisiana family from 1939, when a young girl leaves school to help support her family, to 2006, when an eighty-year-old woman embarks on a book tour.