Duey, Kathleen

The small piece of gold which Anisett carries in her pocket causes grave danger for her family living in the rough world of the California gold camps.

When the raging Mississippi threatens their secret cache of niclels and pennies, Molly and Garrett risk their lives to retrieve the money.

Living with her family in the farming town of Palouse, Washington, during World War II, thirteen-year-old Josie worries about her brother's strange behavior and wonders why he has not enlisted.

Nell Dunne, an Irish girl, is concerned about being separated from her family when they reach Ellis Island.

No one in Lily LeGrand s Cajun community is willing to help search for Paul Courville, who is missing in the bayou along with his mean-spirited older brothers, William and Mark. Why should they? Paul s wealthy plantation-owner father has made no secret of his disdain for Cajuns. But Paul has always been kind to Lily, defending her against his brothers merciless taunts and humiliating pranks and Lily refuses to turn her back on him when his life is in danger.

Orphaned twelve-year-old Zellie is desperate, working long hours in the mill and trying to care for her younger brother until an unlikely friendship provides hope and the promise of new family.

Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.