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01579aam a2200289 i 4500 001 A45E8BA62AB011EEB48EB53624ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230725010040 008 220329s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022935701 020 $a 1646033108 020 $a 9781646033102 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Herman, Mimi,. 245 14 $a The Kudzu queen / $c Mimi Herman. 264 1 $a Raleigh : $b Regal House Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm. 520 $a "In 1941, James T. Cullowee, the Kudzu King, arrives in Cooper County, NC to spread the gospel of kudzu-claiming that it will improve the soil, cheaply feed cattle, even cure headaches. When Mr. Cullowee organizes a kudzu festival, complete with a beauty pageant, fifteen-year-old Mattie Lee Watson wants to be crowned Kudzu Queen and capture his attention. But kudzu tries to take over whatever stands in its way - as does the Kudzu King. When Mattie discovers his dark side, she realizes she must defeat them both. Based on historical facts, The Kudzu Queen unravels a tangle of sexuality, power, race, and kudzu through an irresistibly delightful (and mostly honest) narrator"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20230330. 650 $a Race awareness. 650 $a Race $v Fiction. 650 $a Teenage girls $x Abuse of $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Teenage girls $x Sexual behavior. 650 7 $a Teenage girls $x Identity $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l YUPD232 $d 20230725012010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A45E8BA62AB011EEB48EB53624ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search