When Tessy LeClerc is chosen to do the coveted oral report on Ethan Allen, she learns a great deal about the Vermont hero and also discovers what pleasure she gets from writing and presenting the report.
Examines the history, land, people, places, and government of Vermont, and includes an almanac of the state, a time line, and a gallery of famous Vermonters.
Divorces school teacher Allison Banks falls in love with Dana Stevens, her summer university instructor, but when Dana reveals that he plans to have a sex change operation, Allison must judge whether their relationship can survive, even amidst the fallout from the people of their small town.
Animal rights' activist Spencer McCullough is shot with a hunting rifle by his twelve-year-old daughter, Charlotte and as the family tries to come to terms with what happened, Spencer's employers file a lawsuit against the owner of the weapon.
When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.
When his father takes him to visit Vermont, Buster sends postcards to his friends back home telling them what he is learning about maple syrup and the "mud season.".
When she is sent to stay with her aunt and uncle in rural Vermont while her mother finishes college, Cassie must adjust to a new school and a very different way of life.
