Shura, Mary Francis

A biography of Anna Blair Etheridge, a nurse during the Civil War, from childhood through her four years of service with the army of the Potomac.

Shy, twelve-year-old, chess-loving Greg is apprehensive about spending six months with his grandmother in Pineville, Illinois; but his relationship with the outgoing Nolan family involves him in some real life chess moves with a troubled girl that open him up to loyalty and friendship with people who really count.

An uneasy friendship with the strange, constantly angry new girl in her neighborhood leads eleven-year-old Jamie Potter to discover a hidden cache of money and stolen jewelry.

Shy, twelve-year-old, chess-loving Greg is apprehensive about spending six months with his grandmother in Pineville, Illinois, but his relationship with the outgoing Nolan family involves him in some real-life chess moves with a troubled girl, that open him up to loyalty and friendship with people who really count.