Avi

ENCOUNTER AT EASTON The doomed flight of two young indentured servants from their unkind master brings together an unlikely assortment of people in a mid-18th century Pennsylvania town. sequel to Night Journeys. 1768.

1980

138 p.

Avi

NIGHT JOURNEYS Pennsylvania-New Jersey border in 1768. Two young indentured servants escape into Pennsylvania and receive help from 12-year-old Peter York and his guardian, Everett Shinn, a devout Quaker.

1979

143 p.

Clapp, Patricia

CONSTANCE: A STORY OF EARLY PLYMOUTH 14-year-old Constance Hopkins keeps a journal of her life beginning with her family's arrival on the Mayflower in 1620. Plymouth deals with winters which kill half of the settlers to Constance's marriage at 20.

1968

255 p.

Collier, James Lincoln & Christopher

MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD During the American Revolution, Tim Meeker must choose between his Tory father and his brother who is a patriot.

1974

216 p.

Cooney, Caroline

THE RANSOM OF MERCY CARTER In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, 11-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.

2001

249 p.

Field, Rachel

CALICO BUSH 1743. Marguerite Ledous, happy, loved, used to dancing and sewing fancy little stitches, finds life dramatically changed when left a penniless orphan. After arriving in America her family dies and she is taken in by the Sargents who are moving to the wilderness of Maine. Marguerite becomes Maggie, a bound-out servant and spends her 13th year helping the family hope with Indians, wild animals, bitter cold and frontier dangers.

1931

201 p.

Fleischman, Paul

SATURNALIA In 1681 in Boston, 14-year-old William, a Narraganset Indian captured in a raid six years earlier, leads a productive and contented life as a printer's apprentice but is increasingly anxious to make some connection with his Indian past.

1990

109 p.

Harrah, Madge

MY BROTHER, MY ENEMY Determined to avenge the massacre of his family, 14-year-old Robert Bradford joins Nathaniel Bacon's rebel army in hopes of wiping out the Susquehannock Indians of Virginia. 1676.

1997

128 p.

Hildick, E.W.

HESTER BIDGOOD Investigatrix of Evill Deedes 13-year-old Hester Bidgood and her 15-year-old friend Rob Macgregor investigate the stoning and branding of a kitten in a New England town caught in the grip of witchcraft rumors during the year 1692.

1994

141 p.

Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas

PRISCILLA FOSTER Hannah hears Granny Priss recount her involvement in the Salem witch trials of 1692 and the terrible consequences that occured when Granny Priss, as a young girl, joined Ann Putnam in accusing many innocent women of being witches.

1997

121 p.

Jacobs, Paul Samuel

JAMES PRINTER A NOVEL OF REBELLION Although he has lived and worked as a printer's apprentice with the Green family in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for many years, James, a Nipmuck Indian, finds himself caught up in the events that lead to a horrible war. King Philip's War 1675-1676.

1997

216 p.

Jones, Elizabeth McDavid

MYSTERY ON SKULL ISLAND American Girl History Mysteries In 1724, 12-year-old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island near Charles Town, South Carolina, and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon become Rachel's stepmother.

2001

173 p.

Kirkpatrick, Katherine

TROUBLE'S DAUGHTER The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive When her family is massacred by Lenape Indians in 1643, 9-year-old Susanna, daughter of Anne Hutchinson, is captured and raised as a Lenape. Based on a true story. New York state, what is now the Bronx.

1998

224 p.

Lasky, Kathryn

BEYOND THE BURNING TIME When, in the winter of 1692, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, 12-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from execution.

1994

265 p.

Lasky, Kathryn

A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD: THE DIARY OF REMEMBER PATIENCE WHIPPLE Dear America series 12-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

1996

170 p.

Lawlor, Laurie

VOYAGE TO A FREE LAND. 1630 American Sisters The story of the Garret family during their voyage from England aboard the Arbella and the hard winter of 1630-1631. Puritans seeking religious freedom in Massachusetts.

1999

178 p.

Lough, Loree

FIRE BY NIGHT The Great Fire Devastates Boston The American Adventureseries While living in Boston in 1635 and 1636, thirteen-year-old Philip and his family survive in a hurricane and a devastating fire while holding to their faith in God.

1998

137 p.

Luttrell, Wanda

STRANGER IN WILLIAMSBURG Sarah's Journeyseries sequel to Home on Stoney Creek Continues the adventures of now twelve-year-old Sarah, who has come from Kentucky to Williamsburg for schooling, only to become embroiiled with Revolutionary War spies.

1995

191 p.

Lutz, Norma

MAGGIE'S CHOICE Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening The American Adventureseries The death of a young slave girl in Boston, as well as a religious revival led by Jonathan Edwards during the Great Awakening, prompt Maggie to make an important decision.

1999

140 p.

Lutz, Norma Jean

SMALLPOX STRIKES Cotton Mather's Bold Experiment The American Adventureseries When a smallpox epidemic strikes Boston in 1721, eleven-year-old Rob becomes the sole caregiver of his stepfather and brother during their time of illness.

1998

140 p.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

ANN'S STORY: 1747 Young Americans. Colonial Williamsburg Ann, a young girl in 18th century Williamsburg, wants to become a doctor like her father, but she is not allowed even to study Latin or mathematics.

2000

118 p.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

CAESAR'S STORY: 1759 Young Americans. Colonial Williamsburg After having been a slave on Carter's Grove plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia. since childhood, Caesar finally finds a way to plan his own future.

2000

133 p.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

JOHN'S STORY: 1775 Young Americans. Colonial Williamsburg The year 1775 is an explosive one--both for the colony of Virginia and eleven-year-old John Nicholas's family. The tensions are rising between England and the colonies...

2001

167 p.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

MARIA'S STORY: 1773 Young Americans. Colonial Williamsburg In this fourth story in the Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans series, nine-year-old Maria Rind is faced with assuming responsibilities of the family printing business after the death of her father.

2001

167 p.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

NANCY'S STORY: 1765 Young Americans. Colonial Williamsburg . In 1765, 12-year-old Nancy worries about the effect of the British Stamp Act on her father's silversmith business in Williamsburg and about how to get along with her new stepmother.

2000

146 p.

Nixon, Joan Nixon

WILL'S STORY:1771 Young Americans. Colonial Williamsburg 12- year-old Will Pelham's father is the goaler for the city of Williamburg. Mr. Pelham took the job only a few months ago, and Will still feels uncomfortable with the prisoners in the cells beneath his family's living quarters.

2001

131 p.

Osborne, Mary Pope

STANDING IN THE LIGHT The captive diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.

1998

159 p.

Petry, Ann

TITUBA OF SALEM VILLAGE Salem Witch Trials, 1692 condemns Tituba, a slave from Barbados.

1964

254 p.

Rinaldi, Ann

THE FIFTH OF MARCH 14-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770.

1993

321 p.

Rinaldi, Ann

THE JOURNAL OF JASPER JONATHAN PIERCE A PILGRIM BOY A 14-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of the Plimoth Plantation in 1620 and 1621.

2000

155 p.

Rinaldi, Ann

THE SECRET OF SARAH REVERE . Paul Revere's daughter describes his rides and the intelligence network of the patriot community prior to the American Revolution. 1775-76, Boston.

1995

310 p.

Rinaldi, Ann

TIME ENOUGH FOR DRUMS 16-year-old Jem and her servant struggle to keep things going at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence from the British king. Battle of Trenton, 1776.

1986

238 p.

Rosenberg, John

YOUNG GEORGE WASHINGTON: THE MAKING OF A HERO. A fictionalized biography with emphasis on the early life, of the Virginia farmer's son who would eventually become a Revolutionary War leader and first President of the United States.

1997

168 p.

Ruemmler, John

SMOKE ON THE WATER A Novel of Jamestown and the Powhatans 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.

1992

171 p.

Smith, Claude

THE STRATFORD DEVIL Stratford, Connecticut, 1651. The Puritan strong hold of Stratford is ravaged by wolves, bad weather, a fire and brimstone preacher. When a bounty is put on wolf pelts, a stranger named Purvis comes to live with Ruth and her mother. By curious events Ruth learns that Purvis is her birth father, she survives a wolf attack with the Indian Nimrod's help, and is eventually accused of witchcraft after her husband dies within hours of their marriage.

1984

192 p.

Spear, Elizabeth George

CALICO CAPTIVE August 1754. Miriam's town of Charleston, New Hampshire is shattered by warhoops as the Indians take townspeople prisoner. Marched through the wilderness to the north, and sold to the French in Montreal they are held for ransom. Takes place at the brink of the French and Indian War.

1957

272 p.

Spear, Elizabeth George

THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND April 1687 Wethersfield in Connecticut colony. Kit Tyler finds Puritan life in Connecticut Colony radically different from life in Barbados. Difficulty in conforming eventually causes her to be tried as a witch, but a handsome seaman comes to her rescue.

1958

249 p.

Weitzman, David

OLD IRONSIDES A fictionalized account of the design and construction of the U.S.S. Constitution, told throughout the eyes of a boy whose father is one of the shipċ carpenters. Launched October 21, 1797. Built in a Boston shipyard between 1794 and 1797.

1997

31 p.

Wisler, G. Clifton

THIS NEW LAND 12-year-old Richard Woodley, a Pilgrim (Saint), tells the story of his voyage to the New World upon the Mayflower. Set sail in July, 1620 after 66 days at sea, they land near Cape Cod. Gradually the 100 passengers dwindle to half that number, as lack of food, shelter and sanitation takes its toll.

1987

122 p.