18th century

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

A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

In 1718, fifteen-year-old Daniel leaves his guardian uncle's Quaker household to stowaway on a ship in pursuit of a pirate captain bent on raiding the coast of North America before returning to port in Hispaniola.

An overview of American literature from colonialism through 1800 that examines the social, cultural, and historical contexts of the time, and provides information on the Puritans, Enlightenment philosophy, the American Revolution, slavery, traditional Native American literature, specific authors, and other related topics.

Traces the exploits of a guerrilla group led by Francis Marion, who launched surprise attacks on British soldiers during the Revolutionary War and eventually drove them from the South.

After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known as the "Sailors' Bible.".

Runaway slave, Rafe, is helped by thirteen-year-old Molly after the ship on which Rafe has stowed away runs aground near the Eastern Shore, and the pair share an adventure involving pirates, spies, and lost treasure.

After his friend Will, a pickpocket in London in 1715, is murdered as part of a series of mysterious deaths, fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe asks his friend Dr. Harker to help find the killer.

When Alfredo, a twelve-year-old choir boy in eighteenth-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, he goes to live with Uncle Giorgio, who he discovers is a sorcerer in control of the fires of Mt. Etna with sinister plans for his nephew.

Tom Marlowe and his mentor, Dr. Harker, investigate who is behind the mysterious crimes of The White Rider in 1716 London.