pennsylvania

Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city's football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.

Returning to her hometown of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1867 to marry a man she has never met, seventeen-year-old Verity Boone gets caught up in the a mystery surrounding the graves of her mother and aunt and a dangerous hunt for Revolutionary-era gold.

Chronicles the life of Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn, and discusses related topics including the Lenni Lenape tribe, Oliver Cromwell, George Fox, the Great Plague of London, and Pennsbury Manor.

After Taylor Edwards' family gets devastating news, they decide to spend one last summer all together at their lake house in the Pocono Mountains, they get to know each other again and bond, and Taylor remembers her past friends and crush.

Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths away from drugs and gangs.

The author describes how he and his adopted twin sons, Dan and Noah, came to own and love a dog who was rescued after its owners used it as bait for fighting dogs and then left it in a cage to die.

Fourteen-year-old Matt, abused by her father, has spent years being shuffled around to relatives, and has worked hard to make herself invisible, but her life changes when she moves in with Sam and Jessica Fox, a Quaker couple who quickly make her feel safe, and who Matt feels compelled to stand up for when their anti-war sentiments and peace vigils come under attack in their Pennsylvania town.

After discovering that her father has multiple sclerosis, fifteen-year-old Payton begins counseling sessions at school, which lead her to become interested in a boy in her biology class, have a falling out with her best friend, develop an interest in bike riding, and eventually allow her to come to terms with life's uncertainties.

Phin Chase, an orphaned stable boy in Pennsylvania in the aftermath of the Civil War, must go on the run to save his life after accidentally witnessing the murder of a mine boss by a secret society of Irishmen known as the Sleepers.

Studies the economic decline of the anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania and discusses how the area's residents were affected by the closing of the mines, how the area survived, how the residents adapted, and other related topics.