Ayres, Katherine

Will Spencer's family has always helped runaway slaves passing through their town as they travel the Underground Railroad. But Will is ready to leave Atwater, Ohio, and start a life of his own as a peddler seeking his fortune. When a runaway slave asks Will to help steal his older brother out of the South to keep him from being sold into the hard life of the cotton fields, Will changes his plan and begins an adventure that will take him into the heart of slavery's evil.

In 1908, eleven-year-old Innie joins the library club at a settlement house that serves immigrant familiesof Boston's North End, but when items and money disappear from the settlement house, Innie's past as a troublemaker puts her under suspicion.

In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.

A garden produces a variety of edible plants, such as corn that grows up, onions that grow down, and tomato vines that twine all around.

A garden produces a variety of edible plants, such as corn that grows up, onions that grow down, and tomato vines that twine all around.

While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her family's past.

Presents the journal of a sixteen-year-old girl whose family operates a stop on the Underground Railroad.

In their Pennsylvania town in 1942 twelve-year-old Charlotte and her classmates collect scrap metal for the war effort only to have it disappear from the school basement.

In 1908, eleven-year-old Innie joins the library club at a settlement house that serves immigrant families of Boston's North End, but when items and money disappear from the settlement house, Innie's past as a troublemaker puts her under suspicion.

In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.