Melanie Sumner: 4 books

Aristotle "Aris" Thibodeau is 12.5 years old and destined for greatness. Ever since her father’s death, however, she’s been stuck in the small town of Kanuga, Georgia, where she has tomanage her mother Diane’s floundering love life and dubious commitment to her job as an English professor....

A story of love, death, and mystery that “shimmers with the light and landscape of New Mexico” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).   Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jicarilla Apache and a curandera—a medicine woman, though some say a witch—begins this tale of star-crossed lovers . . .   The...

A “tragically funny debut novel” about a Southern girl’s reckless rebellion (Library Journal). Henry and Florida Peppers of Counterpoint, Georgia, are upstanding Baptist parents whose dearest wishes are to keep their asthmatic son, Roderick, alive—and keep their smart-ass daughter,...

Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...