Tom Gilroy
Description
When his fiercely self-reliant mother dies unexpectedly, eleven-year-old Atticus is wary of the authorities and flees deep into the forests of his Catskills home. As Atticus wanders the woods in a daze, relying on whatever food and shelter he can find, the line between reality and fantasy begins to blur.
4) Spark
Description
"Racial slurs are scrawled in the restroom of this dusty Southwestern nowhere. The messages of hate make Byron want to get away-- now. But he's not going anywhere because the car taking him and his girlfriend, Nina, from Chicago to L.A. is stuck in the shop of a racist, price-gouging mechanic. Is Byron overreacting to what he sees? Are his fears about to explode in unexpected ways? With tempers flaring, it only takes a spark."--Container
5) Sweet land
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand--Container.