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South Carolina

Copper Sun

Sharon M. Draper

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to

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The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

Fourteen-year-old Lily and Rosaleen, the African-American woman who has loved her like a mother since she was four, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers and find a sa

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The Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy

Set in the South Carolina low country and New York City, this is the story of a twin brother and sister and the extraordinary, dark past into which they were born. For mature readers.

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The Water Is Wide

Pat Conroy

Based on the true story of a man who gave a year of his life to give the families of Yamacraw Island a new way of life.

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The Great Santini

Pat Conroy

Bull Meecham is all Marine, a fighter pilot, and absolute ruler of his family. Ben, his oldest son, has to fight against a father who doesn't give in.

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Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

A child narrator delivers a startling tale of Southern poverty and family violence.

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In the Company of Men

Nancy Mace

Nancy Mace chronicles the experiences she had as one of the first woman allowed to attend The Citadel and discusses how the male students reacted to her presence.

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Mama Day

Gloria Naylor

Mama Day uses her ancient knowledge of herbal medicine and puts herself in mortal combat with dark forces that threaten the body and soul of her niece, Cocoa.

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