Flora, Ruby, Olivia, and Nikki are excited that their new neighbors have a daughter named Willow, but the new girl does not seem open to the idea of friendship.
Jessica and Elizabeth learn a secret language from their father called Ithig. Jessica gives the secret language to a friend and now it is not a secret anymore--in fact the whole school knows it.
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who had come to her home in Missouri after fleeing the raid of William Quantrill and his raiders on Lawrence, Kansas.
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders.
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who had come to her home in Missouri after fleeing the raid of William Quantrill and his raiders on Lawrence, Kansas.
