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	<title>Read North Carolina Novels</title>
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	<description>A Guide to Fiction Set in North Carolina</description>
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		<title>Joe C. Ellis. Murder at Whalehead. Martins Ferry, OH: Upper Ohio Valley Books, 2007.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outer Banks lore and description are nicely woven into this tale of murder. When two Ohio families come to the Outer Banks for a vacation, they find that they haven&#8217;t left all their troubles behind.  Byron Butler, father and minister, is still tormented by disturbing dreams, and young Dugan Walton struggles to be understood and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/11/06/joe-c-ellis-murder-at-whalehead-martins-ferry-oh-upper-ohio-valley-books-2007/</link>
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		<title>DuBose Heyward. Angel. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1926</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This novel&#8217;s North Carolina setting is a bit of a surprise since the author, DuBose Heyward, is strongly associated with that other Carolina&#8211;particularly the city of Charleston, the setting for his novel Porgy.  Porgy was the basis for Porgy and Bess, the play, movie and great George Gershwin opera.
Angel is set among the mountaineers of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/11/06/dubose-heyward-angel-new-york-george-h-doran-co-1926/</link>
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		<title>Lori Foster. Say No To Joe?. New York: Zebra, 2003.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Winston is the type of guy that girls flock to.   He has no problem with getting his pick of the litter until he meets Luna Clark.   Luna knows better than to fall for Joe&#8217;s usually irresistible charms and, of course, this drive&#8217;s Joe crazy.   He pursues and she ignores until Luna [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/11/02/lori-foster-say-no-to-joe-new-york-zebra-2003/</link>
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		<title>James Villas. Dancing in the Lowcountry. New York: Kensington Books, 2008.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ella Dubose, a 70-something Southern lady, has been a Charlotte resident for almost a half a century, but she left some part of her heart in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina.  When her younger children start to pester her about her her driving and her health (they thinks she&#8217;s getting senile), Ella takes off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/11/02/james-villas-dancing-in-the-lowcountry-new-york-kensington-books-2008/</link>
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		<title>Stephen March.  Catbird.  Sag Harbor, NY: Permanent Press, 2006.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zeb Dupree is down on his luck in New Orleans when he finds a one-eyed abandoned puppy in a trash can.  Zeb&#8217;s wife is leaving him for another man, his father recently committed suicide, and he just lost his job as a newspaper editor.   In the midst of this mid-life crisis, Zeb heads back to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/10/29/stephen-march-catbird-permanent-press-sag-harbor-ny-2006/</link>
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		<title>Sandra E. Bowen. The Cul-lud Schoo-ool Teach-ur. Long Island City, NY: Seaburn Books, 2006.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dorothy Borden is the much-loved daughter of Granston&#8217;s first African American lawyer. Dorothy went north for her education, but after a failed marriage she comes back home.  If her first marriage was a mistake, her second marriage is a disaster.  Joe Cephus Divine is the town&#8217;s first black police officer.  Joe is a proud but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/10/29/sandra-e-bowen-the-cul-lud-schoo-ool-teach-ur-long-island-city-ny-seaburn-books-2006/</link>
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		<title>Shirlita K. McFarland. Sunday Morning Secrets. Universal City, TX: Ladies of Caliber Publishing, 2007.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alma Curtis is a bit of a busybody, but she is also a loyal member of King&#8217;s Chapel, an historic African-American church in Lovette, North Carolina.  Arriving early to make the final preparations for the church&#8217;s 100th anniversary service, she is shocked to hear her pastor, Jonathan Pierce, being threatened by Myron King, the great-grandson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/10/26/shirlita-k-mcfarland-sunday-morning-secrets-universal-city-tx-ladies-of-caliber-publishing-2007/</link>
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		<title>Chris Cavender. A Slice of Murder. New York: Kensington Books, 2009.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a bit of a softy gets Eleanor Swift in trouble. When her delivery driver calls in &#8220;sick&#8221; Eleanor think she can handle A Slice of Delight&#8217;s deliveries herself that night.  Her one late night delivery is to the home of Richard Olsen, someone whose advances she very publicly rebuffed at her town&#8217;s most recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/10/23/chris-cavender-a-slice-of-murder-new-york-kensington-books-2009/</link>
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		<title>James Hay, Jr. The Winning Clue. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1919.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asheville is called Furmville in this novel, but readers will recognize the Asheville of the early twentieth century.  The city is a haven for tuberculosis patient from all along the eastern seaboard.  One of these patients, Miss Fulton, has been accompanied by her older sister, Mrs. Withers, a beautiful and fairly well-to-do woman.  As the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/10/23/james-hay-jr-the-winning-clue-new-york-dodd-mead-and-co-1919/</link>
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		<title>Catherine Clark.  Picture Perfect. New York: HarperTeen, 2008.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Emily&#8217;s last family vacation before she heads off to college.  Every two years her father takes the family to meet up with his college buddies and their families.  This year the gathering will be on the Outer Banks where Emily will be reunited with three friends who are children of her dad&#8217;s friends.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncnovels/index.php/2009/10/19/catherine-clark-picture-perfect-new-york-harperteen-2008/</link>
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