Describes the fundamental contributions English Americans made to government, science, education, literature, technology, and other aspects of American culture.
In 1773, seventeen-year-old apothecary Oliver Carter moves to Boston and begins helping the Sons of Liberty in their rebellion against British tyranny in the colonies, eventually discovering that his boss, Dr. Benjamin Church, is a traitor to the cause.
A series of letters from a young girl in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to her Uncle William in London, discussing what her family's life is like in New England.
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Hannah Pryor is troubled by the persecution of Quakers by Puritan Boston's leading citizens, one of whom is her father, especially after learning of her deceased mother's friendship with a Quaker woman.
A unique narrative collection spanning the history of the United States from the French-Indian Wars of the 1760s to the Jacksonian era. Includes reproductions of rare documents and memorabilia.
When twelve-year-old Phillip and his sister move with their parents from Plymouth to Boston in 1634, they encounter mysterious Indians and survive narrow escapes.
Retells, in graphic novel format, the story of the Salem Witch Trials, during which eighteen people were hanged, five died in jail, and another was killed after being accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s.
a story based on the life of freed slave and author Phillis Wheatley
Lawton, Wendy
2009
A fictionalized biography of the girl who was brought to America from Gambia as a slave and who later gained fame as an African American poet of great renown, from her time in Africa until she gained her freedom.