Free-thinking librarian Glynis Tryon is in the midst of organizing the historic Woman's Rights Convention of 1848 to be held in the small town of Seneca Falls, New York, when a body turns up in the canal, drawing her attention and talents toward sleuthing.
Eleven-year-old Verbena Polter gets through a difficult summer of turbulent emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with an odd new friend who believes she is the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before.
Frannie goes to dinner at a brand new French restaurant and tries her hand at being a food critic, even as she starts a campaign to warn other diners that there are insects on the menu.
Examines the history, art, and culture of the Iroquois nation and includes information on ceremonies, music, dance, language and storytelling, and tools, weapons, and defense.