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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Copper sun Copper sun Sharon M. Draper Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary t… OL12484W
A Lion to Guard Us A Lion to Guard Us Clyde Robert Bulla,Michele Chessare Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father. OL12651W
Phoebe's folly Phoebe's folly Kathleen Karr Now armed with rifles, the self-reliant women of the Petticoat Party wagon train continue their journey to Oregon City and face more challenges including a shooting contest with a band of Snake India… OL14912278W
Ann's Story Ann's Story Joan Lowery Nixon Ann, a young girl in eighteenth-century Williamsburg, wants to become a doctor like her father, but she is not allowed even to study Latin or mathematics. OL15130530W
Mystery on Skull Island Mystery on Skull Island Elizabeth McDavid Jones In 1724, twelve-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 wil… OL15299859W
Very funny, Elizabeth! Very funny, Elizabeth! Valerie Tripp Elizabeth Cole and her best friend, Felicity, are "the merriest girls in Virginia". The merry friends think it's very funny to play tricks on Elizabeth's snobby older sister, Annabelle. When Annabell… OL15833836W
Wheel of the moon Wheel of the moon Sandra Forrester In England in 1627, newly-orphaned Pen Downing leaves her country village for London where she is abducted and sent to Virginia to work as an indentured servant. OL16027165W
Tattered sails Tattered sails Verla Kay Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the journey of a family from London to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635. OL16515794W
Patriotic mouse Patriotic mouse Philip M. Horender In an attempt to save his family's oak tree home, Maximilian uses Nathaniel Chipmunk's time machine to try and prevent Farmer Tanner from selling the property to a developer, but finds himself more t… OL17895137W
The matchlock gun The matchlock gun Walter D. Edmonds,Paul Lantz In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father h… OL2943573W
My America My America Patricia Hermes Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home. OL506283W
William's house William's house Ginger Howard Arriving in New England in 1637, William is determined to recreate his home in England but realizes that the climate requires modifications to it. OL510025W
Siege! Siege! Wilma Pitchford Hays,Peter Cox The Spanish colonists in St. Augustine withdraw to the fort as the English approach the town hoping to claim it and subsequently all Florida for England. OL6667523W