Arriving alone and destitute in Amsterdam in the spring of 1654, sixteen-year-old Maria Ben Lazar finds refuge and friendship in the household of the artist Rembrandt and continues to pursue her desperate search for her parents and her younger sister.
In August, 1775, while spending a month on her cousin's farm in the French countryside, Marie takes care of her younger sisters, picks vegetables, and helps her cousin find a way to earn money so she won't be sent away from home.
Rebecca is sent to summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, where she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
Traces the course of slavery in ancient Greece and Rome, examining where slaves came from, their treatment, their impact on the economy, their daily lives, and other related topics.
Follows the course of slavery in Mesopotamia and Egypt, examining how this practice began and spread, the work slaves did, and the impact of slavery on ancient societies.
When Rebecca helps her injured neighbor, Mr. Rossi, by caring for his pigeons, she discovers a strange black pigeon with an eerie message warning Mr. Rossi of danger, and consults a fortune teller to learn if she is in danger, as well.
Was it too late to save the grizzly bear? For hundreds of years, this amazing creature had lived peacefully in North America. Yet by 1935, years of land encroachment and hunting had pushed the animal to the brink of extinction. Would people find a way to help the grizzly bear survive?.
