Bud and Jubal Shoemaker's family are Quakers in the small town of Sweet Creek, Pennsylvania, during World War Two whose opposition to fighting creates division within the community when Bud declares himself a conscientious objector.
A detailed look at the formation of the colony of Pennsylvania, its government, and its overall history, plus a prologue on world events in 1681 and an epilogue on Pennsylvania today.
A history of the colony of Pennsylvania, from the time of the earliest European settlers to after the battle for independence that resulted in statehood. Includes brief biographies of people from Pennsylvania's history.
Combines letters, journal entries, reports, photographs, and maps to examine the Battle of Valley Forge from multiple perspectives; including a teenage soldier, a doctor, a farmer, and a spy.
A young Hessian soldier questions his loyalty to his king after fighting with the British in America during the Revolutionary War and spending time as a prisoner in the home of a German American family from Pennsylvania.
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.
In 1897, Nate Tanner, the hot-tempered twelve-year-old son of wealthy Pennsylvania mine owners, goes against his father's wishes by befriending some of the boys who work in the mines and gets caught up in a disastrous clash between mine workers and the law.
