In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the Revolutionary War.
When his father rejoins the Navy and moves the family to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, ten-year-old Jack becomes confused by a crush on his teacher, contradictory advice from his parents, and a very strange neighbor.
While dealing with her parents' separation and her best friend's distance, Amanda is able to work out some of her anxiety through her fifth-grade project--writing a diary from the point of view of a ten-year-old girl whose brothers fight on opposite sides in the Civil War.
Santa Paws, a dog with a penchant for rescuing people, becomes separated from his family while they are in Boston for the holidays, and must find his way back to them in time for Christmas.
Santa Paws, spending Christmas on tiny Blueberry Island off the coast of Maine with his family, the Callahans, is kept busy performing heroic feats--especially when a little boy goes missing just before the holiday.
When the star of the rock band The Grateful Fred receives threatening letters, he calls on Marvin, the superhero in charge of Los Angeles, and his assistant, Candace, to stop the criminal and his henchmen before they destroy Fred's reputation.
The adventures and misadventures of the Quigleys--Mum, Dad, Lucy, and Will--continue, as they visit an elegant hotel, struggle with money matters, take a Mother's Day walk in the country, and consider moving to a bigger house.
The Winter of 1850 finds young Louis alone with his mother when his father heads north for work, but when runaway slaves ask Louis for help being ferryed across the Detroit River he wonders what his father would do.
