pennsylvania

Sixteen-year-old Maggie attempts to save recently orphaned Kip from permanently going back in time to 1758 as an adopted Lenape in the primeval forests of western Pennsylvania.

Describes the crafts of Pennsylvania Dutch living in a rural atmosphere. Includes making quilts, pottery, and tin and tole ware.

During the Vietnam War, when twelve-year-old Josh and his Air Force recruiter father move to a small town in the mountains of Pennsylvania and get a dog from the local shelter, Josh is forced to stop hanging back, and takes on the unfriendly town residents, a mountain, and the meanest boy in school.

Presents a short children's biography on William Penn and profiles his youth in England, his Quaker beliefs against the Church of England, founding of Pennsylvania in America, and his belief in democracy.

In 1853, in letters to his older brother, eleven-year-old Levi describes his adventures in the Pennsylvania countryside with his African-American friend Jupiter and his experiences with the Underground Railroad.

When a local businessman and baseball coach disappears just before he is to portray Uncle Sam at the start of a Memorial Day race, ten-year-old Alex and his best friend Yasmeen investigate, despite their pact to stay away from mysteries.

Maggie Callahan journeys across the rugged Pennsylvania frontier to find her kin but, just before she reaches her destination, she is taken captive by a band of Seneca warriors and forced to travel with them along the war trail.

An overview of the shale gas industry in the Marcellus region in northeastern United States; discussing extraction by means of fracking, and the ramifications for environmental policy, energy markets, politics, and the lives of the area's residents.

Exposes the corruption of Pennsylvania judge Mark A. Ciavarella who sentenced thousands of children who committed minor offenses to a detention facility in which he had a personal financial stake, and discusses the multitude of problems with the US juvenile justice system.