American diaries

While trying to hide her horse, Maddie meets up with two Yankee soldiers who make her change her mind about who is right and who is wrong in the war between North and South.

Francesca has a dream to become a reporter but she has to persuade her parents.

While working as an indentured servant on a plantation in Virginia in 1749, thirteen-year-old Summer must prove her innocence when her master's daughter accuses her of stealing.

In 1847, when her mother's remarriage sends them on a difficult journey to California, Willow is swept overboard fording the South Platte River and must survive and search for her family.

The small piece of gold which Anisett carries in her pocket causes grave danger for her family living in the rough world of the California gold camps.

Living with her family in the farming town of Palouse, Washington, during World War II, thirteen-year-old Josie worries about her brother's strange behavior and wonders why he has not enlisted.

Nell Dunne, an Irish girl, is concerned about being separated from her family when they reach Ellis Island.

Orphaned twelve-year-old Zellie is desperate, working long hours in the mill and trying to care for her younger brother until an unlikely friendship provides hope and the promise of new family.

Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.

When Rosa experiences the Hollywood movie scene first hand, she questions her previous enthusiasm about the industry.