historical fiction

Lured by the glamour and excitement of a soldier's life, eleven-year-old Nathaniel follows the British army down the Hudson Valley during the American Revolution and witnesses the true hardships of war firsthand.

After moving with his parents from London to Suffolk near a former World War II airfield, Henry sees the shadowy image of a man by the orchard gate and feels an unusual affinity with an elderly woman who lives next door.

When, in the sixth century, plague spreads from Britain to Aksum, young Telemakos travels to the kingdom's salt mines to discover the identity of the traitor to the crown who, ignoring the emperor's command, is spreading plague with the salt from port to port.

In Cincinnati, Ohio, in the summer of 1952, eight-year-old Peti gives up his room to his Hungarian relatives, including a twelve-year-old cousin who bullies him, and worries about his grandfather who cannot escape from behind the Iron Curtain.

In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.

Abigail, Jacob, Zack, and Bo travel back in time to meet George Washington and try to convince the stubborn general to continue fighting the Revolutionary War in Valley Forge.

Abigail, Jacob, Zack, and Bo travel back in time to meet Benjamin Franklin and stop Babs Magee from convincing him to give up.

Abigail, Jacob, Zack, and Bo travel back in time to meet Betsy Ross and stop Babs Magee from taking credit for sewing the first American flag.

Joseph discovers that adjusting to his new life in early twentieth-century New York is more difficult than he imagined.

In the late nineteenth century, Lillie gains friendship and help with a spelling bee from a neighbor, Frances Willard, who braves criticism to speak about women's rights and learn to ride a bicycle. Includes historical notes.