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southern life

Books about southern life for readers of all ages.

Cover of Ride the pine sapling

Ride the pine sapling

Beth Bland Engel

Ages 10–14familyresilience

Cover of Memory of a large Christmas

Memory of a large Christmas

Lillian Eugenia Smith

Ages 10–18memorychildhood

Cover of On the plantation

On the plantation

Joel Chandler Harris

Ages 10–14historycoming of age