uscpress.com - Young Palmetto Books https://uscpress.com/ Writing South Carolina, Volume 4 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410005/Writing-South-Carolina-Volume-4
Founded in 2013 by Steven Lynn, dean of the South Carolina Honors College, this annual writing contest was designed to engage the state's future leaders and thinkers. Each year the Honors Coll…]]>
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Writing South Carolina, Volume 2 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410281/Writing-South-Carolina-Volume-2
Young South Carolinians offer their perspectives on and visions for the future of the state

"All of you who contributed to this book write much better than I did in high school." That r…]]>
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Crabbing https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410170/Crabbing
A realistic guide and colorful story about the coastal art and sport of crabbing

Crabbing is a story about young boys learning from their grandfather about the coastal tradition of catc…]]>
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Amadeus https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410080/Amadeus
Lowcountry storyteller Delores B. Nevils and acclaimed artist Jonathan Green collaborate to share the story of Amadeus, a loud and proud leghorn rooster who comes to live with a widow lady in…]]>
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Nipper of Drayton Hall https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410052/Nipper-of-Drayton-Hall
Nipper of Drayton Hall is the just-about-true story of real-life characters who loved a grand old house and the natural beauty of its surroundings on the Ashley River of Charleston, South Caro…]]>
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Kirby's Journal https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410025/Kirbys-Journal
On an eventful summer spent in Charleston, South Carolina, eleven-year-old Kirby, Grandma, and Grandpa plant a butterfly garden, and Kirby documents the wondrous adventures in learning that fo…]]>
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Fire and Forgiveness https://uscpress.com/book-post/3410019/Fire-and-Forgiveness
A captivating tale about forgiveness and peacemaking based on first-person accounts of true events

Making peace with her spiteful classmate, Clara, seems impossible to Jane. Despite enc…]]>
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The Sea Island's Secret https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409992/The-Sea-Islands-Secret
A fistful of bones and a mysterious treasure hunt—not quite what twelve-year-old Chicagoan Delta Wells is expecting when she arrives on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to visit her grandpa…]]>
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Art Smart, Science Detective https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409947/Art-Smart-Science-Detective
Three friends prepare for an alien invasion with aluminum foil, peanut butter, and science

When Art and his friends—Robbie, Jason, and Amy—are having a sleepover, they decide to use Art…]]>
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Writing South Carolina, Volume 1 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3409984/Writing-South-Carolina-Volume-1
"How should we improve the state of South Carolina?" That invitingly open-ended question served as the basis for the first annual South Carolina High School Writing Contest as the call went ou…]]>
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