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Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school.

Although their long-term friendship is strained by new relationships and connections, rising high school seniors Jade, Meg, and Miles pull together when a real estate developer plans to destroy their coastal Maryland resort town's historic boardwalk.

High school freshman Kate has a lot on her mind, what with taking care of her heartbroken mother and looking after the family chicken farm in Maryland, but she promised her dying father to look after her older brother who is just back from juvenile detention--and this year that seems to involve paying off the bullies at school by doing their school work.

This time the mysterious box that Ranger the Golden retriever found transports him to a Maryland plantation before the Civil War, where he must help a young house slave named Sarah and her younger brother Jesse find their way to the underground railroad and North to freedom, before Jesse is sold to a plantation further South.

"Explore Maryland's popular seaside, exciting museums, beautiful state parks, and lively history. ... provides quick state facts such as the state motto, capital, population, animals, foods, and more"--Back cover.

Provides a history of the Mason-Dixon Line, the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, discussing the property disputes, family feuds, and exploration associated with it.

Kevin is uncomfortable with the publicity surrounding his act of accidental heroism, but when a reporter photographs him apparently being unpatriotic, he steps up to encourage people to think about what the symbols of freedom really mean.

This book explores the people, places, and history of the Maryland Colony.

Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.

At the age of twelve, Vero learns that he is a guardian angel and begins training in the Ether, a spiritual realm surrounding Earth, but before his training is complete, Vero discovers that he has become a target of the demonic maltures who are determined to take over the realm.