After Eva's son Kevin kills seven people at his school, Eva examines the amount of guilt she is responsibile for and thinks about whether her parenting, genetics, or a combination of the two is responsible for her child's lunatic behavior.
During the Revolutionary War, thirteen-year-old Hope, seized by the band of Tories who attack her Connecticut home, finds herself enslaved in a Tory household on Long Island and uses all her resources to escape from her captors and make her way home.
Examines the history, land, people, places, and government of New York, and includes an almanac of the state, a time line, and a gallery of famous New Yorkers.
Discusses the land, the history, the government, the economy, and the people of New York. Readers will love the fascinating sidebars that touch on both the past and present.