Williams, David

Four friends race the clock to clean the house before Mom gets home.

Grandma Essie describes how her family left Missouri by covered wagon looking for a better life and lived in Kansas and Oklahoma before returning to Missouri.

Examines conflicts within the Confederacy during the Civil War, identifying groups that were opposed to secession and the war for various reasons, and looking at the efforts of plain folks, Native Americans, and slaves who worked to bring the Confederacy to its knees.

Discusses the division within the Confederacy between citizens in the Southern states who opposed secession and those who supported it, including the white poor, Southern Native Americans, and Southern free blacks.

Four friends race the clock to clean the house before Mom gets home.

Provides a critical reading of the text and a discussion of the work's influence.

A walk to the creek behind their grandparents' farm is an occasion for twins to explore the wonder and special beauty of nature.