Beforever

Before Kit can write a news story about an upcoming sold-out jazz concert, sinister pranks threaten to cancel the show and Kit is falsely accused of stealing a valuable trumpet.

"Maryellen takes a break from practicing for the big Rock Around the Clock dance to go to the beach with her friend Davy. When they find a barnacle-encrusted ring buried in the sand, they have fun imagining that it's lost treasure from a sunken ship and that they're in an adventure like 'Treasure Island.' But they soon realize they may be in over their heads--when other people seem desperate to get the ring!"--Back cover.

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.

During the War of 1812, Caroline finds evidence that someone is smuggling precious supplies to the British and fears that the traitor may be her own uncle.

When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy, a former slave, discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she escaped from only two years earlier.

When an archeologist's priceless jewel goes missing during a 1906 ocean liner voyage to Europe, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover which of the first-class passengers is the thief.

Traveling to Paris in 1907 with Grandmary and the Admiral, Samantha and her adopted sister Nellie suspect that someone is trying to harm their beloved grandfather and stop his secret government mission.

"Kaya's people tell a story about unusual silver stallions of long ago that had powerful medicine--a strong connection to the spirit world. One night Kaya's sister Speaking Rain dreams of a stallion like none she's ever met. Then the two girls discover a lone silver stallion living in the woods. Is he a Ghost Wind Stallion of legend? And if so, will he bring benefit or harm to Kaya, Speaking Rain, and their people?"--Back cover.

Addy Walker and her mother risk everything for freedom in the North during the Civil War.

In 1904, orphaned Samantha Parkington lives with her rich grandmother, who is trying to make her a proper young lady, but when Samantha becomes friends with Nellie, a servant girl, she learns that life is not easy for everyone and finds a way to help her new friend. Plus, Uncle Gard's new lady friend, Cornelia, shows Samantha there is more than one way to be a lady.