Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians.
Sam and Sophie, two sisters from Queens, New York trying to create new lives in Venice, Indiana are at it again-- this time trying to solve a missing persons case involving Wilda Higgins and Griffin Gateaux all the while trying to keep themselves from being discovered.
When Viola begrudgingly attends a boarding school in South Bend, Indiana, she avoids her new world by hiding behind a video camera. She eventually realizes that her new school, her roommates, and the Midwest are not so bad after all and opens herself up to the unique experiences lying before her.
The bond of friendship is tested when the fathers of two twelve-year-old boys become enemies during the Borden Casket Company labor strike -- one is a manager, and the other is a union laborer -- as the boys, Andy and Tom, share one last life-changing summer.
Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Indiana, whose motto is "The crossroads of America.".
Able to find beauty in the hills of southern Indiana, Seeley withstands the work, troubles, and sorrows that encompass her family during the depression.
A pictorial introduction to Indiana, providing information about its early history, land, and resources, with a look at notable people, places, and events in the state.
