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The wild children

1983
Left behind when his whole family is arrested by soldiers during the dark days following the Bolshevik Revolution, twelve-year-old Alex falls in with a gang of other desperate homeless children, but never loses his hope for a better life.

Smoke on the water

a novel of Jamestown and the Powhatans
1992
Near Jamestown in 1622, a young English boy and the son of a Powhatan Indian chief find themselves caught up in the growing animosity between their peoples.

I thought my soul would rise and fly

the diary of Patsy, a freed girl
2011
Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves.

On to Oregon

1946
The story of the Sagar family who left their Missouri home in 1844 to make a two thousand mile trip by covered wagon to Oregon.

A spy at Ticonderoga

1975
After convincing his uncle to take him along on the expedition to capture Ticonderoga, a fourteen-year-old orphan plays an important part in making the campaign a success.

Calico Captive

1957
An Englishwoman, Miriam Willard, becomes a captive during the French and Indian War in 1754. After a harrowing march north to Montreal she discovers a city filled with the intrigue of war.

The fall of the red star

1996
Fourteen-year-old Stephen takes up arms and joins the resistance in this novel of the Hungarian Revolution.

The fighting ground

1987
Thirteen-year-old Jonathan goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and discovers the real war is being fought within himself.

Oliver Twist

1990
The story of Oliver, the Artful Dodger, Nancy, Fagin, and Mr. Brownlow.

The Nina, the Pinta, and the vanishing treasure

2008
Amateur sleuth Alec and his sidekick Gina investigate when the Christopher Columbus exhibit disappears from the museum.

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