Ex-slave Sadie Watson reveals to her granddaughter her experiences while in bondage and the love she had for her husband, Jim, who escaped down the Mississippi with Huck Finn when he learned he was to be sold.
Airline captain Rayford Steele, stunned when over one hundred passengers vanish from his plane in the blink of an eye, quickly realizes the Rapture his wife had been telling him about--an event in which Jesus would return to take his followers to Heaven before they die--has happened and he has been left behind.
Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.
Presents ten short stories about teenage girls struggling with issues of self-worth.
Jenny's only hope for happiness lies in unraveling the truth about the past, a truth hidden in the great house that has become her prison.
Laine struggles to come to terms with her friendship with troubled Leah Greene, whose secrets were too much for Laine to bear and whose actions sent Laine on a painful journey of self-discovery.
