Massie, Elizabeth

Mr. Tucker's first-grade classroom features different types of students, who have their own personal characteristics, and their own customs.

Sixteen-year-old twins Susanne and Stephen leave their Gettysburg farm, one as a nurse and the other as a Union soldier, little knowing that their hometown will soon become the focus of the Civil War.

Ben Wilkins finds more than his share of adventure when his horse is spooked by a snake and runs off leaving Ben lost and alone in the Montana wilderness until Mary Fields, an old woman who brings supplies to the mission, finds him.

Barbara Layman, a young patriot in Philadelphia in 1776, hides in her father's wagon to eavesdrop on two men she suspects of being British spies, and learns to her dismay that she is right when the men steal her father's horses, and the wagon, with her inside.

Presents a history of African American educators, including Charlotte Forten and Carter G. Woodson, discussing how they stepped up to make a difference, built schools, and taught their students.

Bored with farm life Stephen runs away to join the beleaguered Army of the Potomac to fight Johnny Reb.