Twelve-year-old Cindy begins seventh grade with a certain amount of apprehension, but discovers that her new friends and experiences are thoroughly enjoyable.
When her father loses his job, thirteen-year-old Ellen and her family are forced to move from the suburbs to her grandmother's in the city. Ellen does not expect to have anything in common with the street-smart city kids until her old school and new school are in fierce competition with each other.
When Alison rejects the advances of a classmate she finds herself very unpopular at school and must learn how to deal with the rumors which are spread about her.
Staying in Colonial Williamsburg in a former ancestorial house, Jayne meets an old family ghost, Sally Custis, who begs Jayne to help her set right a wrong done over 200 years ago.
Moving up into the mountains of Tennessee introduces Rachel to a possible calling, as she learns about folk medicine from a local healer, until the Civil War divides the family loyalties and brings romance into her life.
Twelve-year-old Cindy begins seventh grade with a certain amount of apprehension, but discovers that her new friends and experiences are thoroughly enjoyable.
