rhode island

Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of controversial seventeenth-century Separatist Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island and served three terms as its president; also includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.

After a terrible car accident leaves her sister brain-injured, sixteen-year-old Claire struggles with guilt for the accident, helping her sister recover, and boyfriend problems.

Thirteen-year-old Joelle has always wondered about her life before being adopted by the woman she calls Aunt Louise and her husband Vernon, and she makes some surprising discoveries while researching a 17th century Indian tribe.

Examines the life and fortunes of the Wampanoag Indian leader who led an uprising against the New England colonists in the seventeenth century.

The story of this country's first elected female state attorney general, who was a nun for twenty-three years.

A short biography of seventeenth-century America leader, Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island as a haven for those of all religious beliefs.

A tale of modern witchcraft in Eastwick, Rhode Island.

Presents information about the state of Rhode Island, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

After her father leaves and marries the glamorous Ava Pomme, Madeline blames her mother for their difficult new life, but in spite of the twelve-year-old's efforts to achieve sainthood, it takes a summer trip to Italy to put her family into perspective.

Union soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes chronicles his career in the war.