society of friends

A young boy's desire to be a pirate is quelled by his brothers and sisters during a game.

A young Quaker boy relates how he eludes the ships of both the British and the rebels while sailing to Nantucket with supplies.

Both Rachel and Obadiah want to earn some money by carrying the news of the next ship's arrival to Nantucket.

"Read about how slaves from the South tried to escape to freedom by use of what became known as The Underground Railroad"-- Provided by the publisher.

Nate Donovan, along with his friend, Running Fox, become the youngest members of General Washington's spy network when the war comes too close to his Quaker family's home in British-occupied Philadelphia.

In 1778 fourteen-year-old Becca takes a position as personal maid to Peggy Shippen, the daughter of wealthy Philadelphia Quakers, and witnesses the events that lead to General Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the revolutionary American forces.

A seagull befriends a Quaker boy, much to his embarrassment, and it is not until he has helped the bird that he can accept its friendship.

In Philadelphia, in 1777, fourteen-year-old Quaker John Darragh aids the American army by carrying coded messages, hidden by his mother in the buttons on his coat, to his older brother Charles in George Washington's camp.

In the year 1777, a group of Quakers and a party of Indians have a memorable meeting.

In the spring of 1768, two young indentured servants escape into Pennsylvania and receive help from an unexpected source.