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Photographs, pictures, and text profile the history and life of the Powhatan Indians.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life of seventeenth-century politician Sir William Berkeley, whom Charles I appointed governor of Virginia and whom Charles II removed from office after Bacon's Rebellion; includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.

A collection of anecdotes that illustrate the experiences of Black people in Africa and America, discussing African legends and traditions, the journey to North America, the lives of slaves, and the struggle for freedom.

The true story of Shawn Decker, who was born with hemophilia and contracted the HIV virus at age eleven.

Honey is immediately drawn to Patience's new pony Moonlight Minuet. When Minuet is injured, she desperately wants to help, but her friends warn her not to get too involved. However, they aren't aware of Honey's secret that makes helping Minuet so important.

Journal entries and writings from English colonists help chronicle the life of Pocahontas, discussing how she saved the life of Captain John Smith in 1608.

When feisty twelve-year-old Rebel McKenzie, an aspiring paleontologist, goes to spend the summer taking care of her older sister's seven-year-old son at the mobile home park in Frog Level, Virginia, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.

Sixteen-year-old Tyler spends the summer dealing with his first love, the death of his father, and the mysterious happenings in the house across the cove.