Anderson, Laurie Halse

A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--Provided by publisher.

After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon go in search of Isabel's little sister Ruth, who has been enslaved in the South for five years, but they are closely pursued by Curzon's owner, the awful Master Bellingham.

Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.

"When Sunita joins Dr. Gabe and another Vet Volunteer on a house call at a local horse farm, she is concerned to discover a lone lamb housed in one of the stalls. She knows that sheep are flock animals, and that without other sheep and lambs around, this little lamb will not thrive. Can she and her fellow Vet Volunteers help educate the owner, and find a new home for it with others of its kind?"--Provided by publisher.