After her father is called away from their plantation near Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War, twelve-year-old Susanna must lead her brothers on a difficult journey in hopes of being reunited with him.
When her mother leaves her family suddenly to take a new job, fourteen-year-old Phoebe tries to deal with her own confused feelings and, in the process, learns some things about love and the complicated ties that bind families together.
In the early 1960s, Melanie Hubbard moves her two daughters, Opal and Garnet, from Texas to Oklahoma and leaves them at her sister's house. While Opal excels in school and makes many friends, Garnet finds herself struggling and loses pride in herself.
Twelve-year-old Jessie resents her father's decision to move his family to San Antonio where they are caught up in the revolution of 1835-1836 including the siege of the Alamo.
Informed at the age of twelve that he is the long-awaited prince of Kelhadden, Thorn sets off on a quest to find the magical amulet that will enable him to dethrone the evil usurper, Ranulf.
A short biography of Hypatia, a young woman who lived in Alexandria, Egypt during the fourth century, who became an authority in mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy.
