The other thing you can do is utilise the public library system. If your local library doesn't have a book on hand, there is interlibrary loan - they can get it for you from wherever it is in stock - it might take a couple of weeks, but... If you really like a book, then you can buy it. Another option might be asking around to see if there are any local organic gardeners/producers - try the local Farmers Market or health food store for names and contact info - and see if they would be willing to let you pick their brains for a listing of good books. If you offered to help out with any necessary chores - weeding, etc. - then you might get a good response. While some of their books might be oriented towards a larger scale than you want, the principles would be the same. IOf there is a local source for organic fertilisers then they would possibly be able to help, both with other organic gardeners and with a list of good books - just be careful they DO know something, and aren't just rying to sell the most-heavily-stocked-book! That said you might try anything by Elliot Coleman - even though he is in Maine, the principles are the same. However, finding local sources, or at least southern sources, would make the extrapolations and adjustments a LOT easier. Depending on where you got the book from, and if you beat it up while reading it, you might be able to return it. I have often returned books to Waldenbooks or B & N, simply saying that they weren't what I wanted. If you don't have the receipt, you'll probably get a store credit.

I also made a family cookbook for our Family reunion way back in the mid 90's. On the cover, I drew a big tree and on each limb I put the full name of the person who had recipes in the book. Down the center of the trunk I wrote the family name "BROWN" and under it the title: "Preserving Family Traditions" Above each entered recipe the family member wrote a short bio of herself, her family and adding her phoneor email addy in case anyone had questions about the recipe.

Sorry, I did not give a really good description. This is a small town and the people in the story are well know to the town,but in reality they are angels. It seems like they have a different person to look after in each book. I don't think angels are in the title at all. wd

I think you're looking for The Book Thief -- a best seller and, I think, a movie. I thought it would fit just as well in the Young Adult section.