Zach, Cheryl

Will Michelle ever fit in at her new school in Los Angeles?.

In the early years of the Civil War Victorine LaGrande returns to New Orleans where her father has arranged for her to marry Andr? Valmont. Victorine sees Andr? arm in arm with another woman, and then meets Dr. Brent Whitman. Will Victorine risk her entire way to life to marry outside the Creole tradition?.

In the early days of the Civil War, Elizabeth, a Southern belle, meets the man of her dreams--except he is an officer in the Union army.

Carrie Benson's family joins a wagon train bound for California in 1848. Luke McDougal is a medical student who has left school to search for gold. Together Carrie and Luke discover things riches cannot buy.

Hannah, a slave from Virginia, has been working in Charleston where she is involved in the Underground Railroad and is in love with Joshua, a free man of color. When her owner sends Hannah back to Virginia, Joshua plans a daring rescue.

Fourth grade gets off to a bad start for Benny--his friends are in a different class and he has the strict new teacher.

Seven-year-old Benny Holt enters a contest to win a new bicycle.

Describes the past and present, neighborhoods, historic sites, attractions, and festivals of Los Angeles.