Jamestown's American portraits

In 1895 in New York City, Gina, a fourteen-year-old Italian immigrant, forced by her family to drop out of school and work long hours in a garment factory, tries to break free of the control her parents have over her finances and social life.

The friendship and loyalties of two twelve-year-old indentured servants--one English and one Native American--are tested when the English settlers of Jamestown, Virginia, plan a raid on a Powhatan Indian village.

In 1943, eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Erickson finds a way to support the war effort and realize her dream of becoming a pilot.

The friendship and loyalties of two indentured servants, are tested when the English settlers plan a raid on an Indian village.

In 1775, Samantha, knows that she can out-hunt her twin and out-sail her older brother near their James River home.

At the dawn of the Revolutionary War, Samantha Byrd must decide whether or not to seek revenge and join the troops in fighting.

In 1889 New York, fourteen-year-old Italian immigrant Tony Petrosino, struggling with street gangs and torn between his family's Old World ways and his desire to further his education, gets help from a new friend, photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis.

Clayton Banks finds himself in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement when his brother returns home from college, bringing his violent beliefs with him.

In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight the "savages" in Dakota Territory, where he confronts his prejudices and learns what heroism really means.

In 1775 fourteen-year-old Samantha, who should be wearing dresses, knows that in britches she can out-hunt her twin and out-sail her older brother near their James River home, but she wonders if she can use those skills against the British when the American Revolution begins.