Life for indentured servants in pioneer Virginia is hard. It is doubly hard for Richard Ayre, a London orphan who had been scooped off the streets as a child and sent to the Jamestown Colony. But a chance encounter with an Indian boy his own age gives him a friend, the first real friend he has had in years-until his master's plan to raid an Indian village for corn turns Richard's world upside down. Soon their friendship and loyalties will be put to...

In 1923, fourteen-year-old Alicia Martinez is cast in an important silent movie role by her best friend's father, but near-disasters on the Hollywood set seem to be directed at her, and almost anyone could be responsible.

When the United States enters World War II, 18-year-old Elizabeth Erickson, with the help of her younger brother, finds a unique way to support the war effort and realize her dream of becoming a pilot. Based on real events, this book highlights the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP's.

Fifteen-year-old John Griffith Allen finds himself struggling to survive the violence of the Civil War.