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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A Break With Charity A Break With Charity Ann Rinaldi While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that tore her village apart in 1692. OL112476W
The Dangerous Voyage (Time Navigators #1) The Dangerous Voyage (Time Navigators #1) Gilbert Morris Trapped in the year 1620 after a trip in an experimental time machine, fourteen-year-old twins Danny and Dixie set sail for the New World on the Mayflower and discover some surprising things about th… OL14854653W
Father of Lies Father of Lies Ann Warren Turner In 1692 when a plague of accusations descends on Salem Village in Massachusetts and "witch fever" erupts, fourteen-year-old Lidda, who has begun to experience visions and hear voices, tries to expose… OL15586707W
Bread and roses, too Bread and roses, too Katherine Paterson Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. OL15835026W
Torchlight Torchlight Carol Otis Hurst In 1864, fifth-grader Charlotte befriends an Irish-American girl at school and tries to understand the prejudices between the Irish and the Yankees in her town of Westfield, Massachusetts. Based on h… OL15845571W
Emily and Carlo Emily and Carlo Marty Rhodes Figley The only sibling left in the Dickinson house In Amherst, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1849, Emily gets a dog who becomes her constant companion and who is featured in some of the poems she writes.… OL16698637W
Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims Rush Limbaugh Meet Rush Limbaugh's really good pal, Rush Revere! Okay, okay, my name's really Rusty, but my friends call me Rush. Rush Revere. Because I've always been the #1 fan of the coolest colonial dude ever,… OL16808720W
A mind with wings A mind with wings Gerald Hausman A fictional account of the life of the nineteenth-century philosopher and nature writer, Henry David Thoreau. OL18173217W
Dash Dash Kate Klimo "An English Springer Spaniel's tale of the Mayflower voyage and the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony"-- Dash, an English springer spaniel, shares the tale of the "Mayflower" voyage and the firs… OL19984762W
The landing of the Pilgrims The landing of the Pilgrims James Daugherty In order to escape religious persecution, a group of English Separatists set sail for America in 1620, hoping to establish a new colony. OL2813217W
James Printer James Printer Paul Samuel Jacobs 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 t… OL3280449W
Constance Constance Patricia Clapp The journal of a young girl tells of her daily life, hardships, romances and marriage during the first years of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth. OL4970300W
Witch Child Witch Child Celia Rees In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts. OL5730475W
Baby Blue Baby Blue Michelle D. Kwasney In western Massachusetts in 1976, still grieving and guilt-ridden over her father's drowning, twelve-year-old Blue is dealt another blow when her older sister, Star, runs away to escape their stepfat… OL6035681W