From: BudNotBuddy at aol.com <BudNotBuddy>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 12:03:28 EDT

Two excellent pieces of YA historic fiction with ties specifically to New Orleans immediately spring to mind:
  THE YEAR OF THE HANGMAN by Gary Blackwood
 
 
_http://www.richiespicks.com/users/stories/picks/the_year_of_the_hangman.html_
(http://www.richiespicks.com/users/stories/picks/the_year_of_the_hangman.html)
  and
  THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck
 
_http://richiespicks.com/users/stories/picks/the_river_between_us.html_
(http://richiespicks.com/users/stories/picks/the_river_between_us.html)
 
  But the book that has been on my mind since this tragic situation began is THE LAND by Mildred Taylor, a book I've literally read a dozen times and which makes my Deserted Island list any day of the week:
 
_http://www.richiespicks.com/users/stories/picks/the_land.html_
(http://www.richiespicks.com/users/stories/picks/the_land.html)
  When I hear on the news about Hattiesburg and Laurel, I have such vivid pictures in my head that I have to remind myself that I've never "really" been there. But I have.


Richie Partington
_http://richiespicks.com_ (http://richiespicks.com/) BudNotBuddy at aol.com
Received on Fri 02 Sep 2005 11:03:28 AM CDT