colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be an American colonist in the seventeenth century, discussing the realities of the voyage from England, dealing with Indians, and struggling for survival in the new world.

Eighteen-year-old Agnes, a Mohawk Indian who is descended from a line of shamanic healers, uses her own newly-discovered powers to uncover the story of her ancestor, a seventeenth-century New England English healer who fled charges of witchcraft to make her life with the local Indians.

"A year after the Salem Witch Trials ended, Tituba's thirteen-year-old daughter Violet, filled with rage and the desire for retribution, joins forces with two other girls in a pact with the Devil"--Provided by publisher.

Presents twenty trivia facts about the thirteen original United States colonies.

"Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magic tree house to meet Benjamin Franklin in Old Philadelphia"--Provided by publisher.

"Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magic tree house to meet Benjamin Franklin in Old Philadelphia"--Provided by publisher.

Tells what your life would be like if you had lived at the same time as George Washington.

The story of Hester Prynne, shunned for her adultery in seventeenth century Massachusetts, and how she used her inner strength to overcome society's ridicule.

Describes and illustrates the first discoveries and settlements in North America through a variety of images produced at that time.