Fifteen-year-old Maddie Crane questions her own loyalty to her cousin Cordelia, when Cordelia's presences causes strain on Maddie and her group of friends after her arrival to their wealthy seaside town, but when Cordelia evokes the wrath of the Sisters of Misery, Maddie is her only hope.
Traces the history of World War I, focusing on how and why it became one of the bloodiest wars in human history and exploring how anti-war protestors were treated both in America and abroad.
Kirk Howell is working hard to get into college and become an engineer, but when his two closest friends give up on their dreams, he must find a way to pursue his own dreams while remaining loyal to his friends.
Analyzes the impact of mass organization on American society, discussing how rise of powerful corporations after World War II created many social, economic, and cultural problems in the United States.
Gareth has served as Prince Dagnarus's whipping boy since he was a child, and when Dagnarus decides he wants to marry the elfin beauty Lady Valura Mabreton, it is Gareth's life that is put in danger in an attempt to win the young elf's heart.
Tony loves being the star of his hockey team, but when his brother invites him to join a team of older players, Tony finds that he has a lot to learn about hockey, humility, and loyalty to his friends.
Prince, a black Labrador, struggles mightily to protect his family, the Hunters, but finds the challenges of caring for people who are their own worst enemies to be nearly overwhelming.
A daughter or England caught in the struggle of the American Revolution
Lavendar, William
2002
Fourteen-year-old Jane Prentice, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives in Charleston South Carolina, in 1776 to find her loyalties divided over the question of American independence.
Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone, a midwife who dutifully delivers at least three babies a month and hands them over to the Enclave, a community within walls where the children are adopted and live with conveniences which are not available to the outside world, begins to question her loyalty to the group after her mother is brutally taken away from her by the people she serves.