Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet, three enslaved African-American mistresses who are regularly brought to a resort called the Tawawa House prior to the Civil War, contemplate running for freedom after a fire sets off a series of tragedies.
A unified collection of stories about life in a small town in Ohio, centering on the experiences of George Willard, a young newspaper reporter who captures the hopes, dreams, and fears of the town's residents.
Tells of the lifetimes of two women in a small Ohio town from the Civil War to the New Deal, and of their views of the other ladies of the Waynesboro literary society.
As her 13th birthday nears, JoEllen decides to unite her two separate lives--one as Joey, who enjoys weekends with her father, and another as Ellen, who lives with her mother in Cincinnati near school and friends.
An all-American girl with Chinese ancestors and a new immigrant from China find little in common when they meet in their fourth grade classroom, but they are both missing their best friends and soon discover other connections.
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 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.
