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Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola chronicles his life at the ages of seven and eight, in 1942-43 Connecticut, describing in particular his relationship with his cousin Blackie, who leaves to fight the Nazis overseas as a bomber gunner.

Rather than a summer of fun transforming her family's pharmacy into an eco-spa, Lucy Desberg must face her sister Claudia's new boyfriend Bean, investor Gary's irritating daughter Bevin, and a spa coordinator who is put in charge of the plans.

Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better by "rookie teacher" Mr. Terupt.

School teacher Benjamin Tallmadge's emotions are tested when he joins George Washington's army and participates in the Revolutionary War.

Presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.

With the help of his stepmother, his dog Zipper, and new friend Malik, Zack Jennings faces ghosts and zombies at his new middle school, which is said to house a lost Confederate treasure.

Relates the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.

Explains how to draw some of Connecticut's sights and symbols, including the state seal, the official flower, and the official state ship.

Presents information about the state of Connecticut, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

When eleven-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from Zack's past.