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Kansas

Far From Xanadu

Julie Anne Peters

In a small Kansas town, sixteen-year-old Mary-Elizabeth "Mike" Szabo tries to come to terms with her father's suicide and her own homosexuality.

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Not without Laughter

Langston Hughes

Saga of a boy growing into manhood has become an enduring classic of African-American literature.

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The Learning Tree

Gordon Parks

A slum youth in process of discovering his own black identity, learns to live it.

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The Monument

Gary Paulsen

Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.

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Driving Mr. Albert

Michael Paterniti

Michael Paterniti chronicles the experiences he had while transporting Albert Einstein's brain across the United States and discusses how the journey changed the way he viewed the world.

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In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

Recreates the slaying of the Clutter family of Kansas, and the capture, trial, and execution of their murderers.

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In Cold Blood

Truman Capote

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The Monument

Gary Paulsen

Thirteen-year-old Rocky, self-conscious about the braces on her leg, has her life changed by the remarkable artist who comes to her small Kansas town to design a war memorial.

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