• Featuring the lives of coal miners
• The Western’s social unrest and decay
• Environmental and health impacts of mining
• Great American stories from Appalachia
• The hi-tech world of our distant ancestors
• To bring history to life
• Surviving war (or not)
• Early modern environmental history
• Strong emotion, excellent plotting, and vivid descriptions that put me securely in time and place
• About mining's effects on communities
• Written by collaborators
• Life on the American homefront during WW2
• Middle grade with wonderful weather magic
• Poetry to awaken your senses in the natural world
• Education that make you think, laugh, and cry
• Climate change and race
• Kick-ass heroes you don’t mess with