charleston (s.c.)

In 1805, a thirteen-year-old slave and his friend make a dangerous escape from Charleston, S.C. and stowaway to head north toward freedom.

Provides a brief introduction to the history of Fort Sumter, discussing why it was built and the role it has played in American history.

Relates the sequence of events that led to the shelling of South Carolina's Fort Sumter by Confederate troops in 1861, marking the start of the Civil War.

Claire Randall has traveled back in time to 18th century Scotland. There she met and fell in love with Jamie Fraser. Bearing his child, she returned to the present to raise that child. But when the past recalled her she went. When her grown daughter, Brianna, makes a disturbing discovery that sends her to the same circle of stones that took her mother into the past, Brianna knows she must follow. As she searches for her mother and the father she has never met, Brianna knows she is risking her own future to save their lives.

A brief history of Charleston, South Carolina, from its founding in 1670 to the end of the Revolutionary War.

In 1726, twelve-year-old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island near Charles Town, South Carolina, and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon become Rachel's stepmother.

"When a popular football 'playa' and ladies man and the smartest girl in school lead a school protest, sparks fly as their social media-aided revolution grows"--Provided by publisher.

In 1805, a thirteen-year-old slave and his friend make a dangerous escape from Charleston, S.C. and stowaway to head north toward freedom.