massachusetts

In 1938, fourteen-year-old Celie must cope with leaving her Enfield, Massachusetts, home and her life-long friend, Chubby, as the day approaches when the Swift River Valley will be flooded to create a reservoir for Boston.

Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration came to be.

In 1775, Penny and her friend Nick, a homeless orphan, find themselves amidst the conflict in Massachusetts as the colonists prepare to revolt against the British military.

A biography of seventeenth-century Puritan Anne Hutchinson who was placed on trial and exiled from Massachusetts for openly opposing a number of Puritan beliefs.

Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

A research companion to Magic Tree House #27 Thanksgiving on Thursday is filled with up-to-date information about the Pilgrims, their voyage on the Mayflower and their first year in their new home at Plymouth.

Profiles the life of Paul Revere, silversmith and patriot, best known for his ride through the Massachusetts countryside, warning that the British were coming.

Contains a photographed reenactment of the voyage and landing of the Mayflower with text covering the perspectives of both the Native Americans and the English.

Explains how to draw some of Massachusetts's sights and symbols, including the state seal, the official flower, and the Paul Revere House.

Presents the story of the first Thanksgiving as celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. Includes a drawing activity section at the end of the book.