 | Discusses the girls and women in the industrial workforce of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the reforms and movements that changed their working conditions and the nature of the work itself. |
 | In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life as slaves in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia. |
 | In the diary account of her life at a government-run Pennsylvania boarding school in 1880, a twelve-year-old Sioux Indian girl reveals a great need to find a way to help her people. |
 | Nine-year-old Kirsten and her family experience many hardships as they travel from Sweden to the Minnesota frontier in 1854. |
 | When her beloved American Saddlebred horse Blue is stolen and her friend Yonie's father is accused of the theft, Patience fights to find Blue and unmask the true thief. |
 | A picture-book biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), the author of the "Little House" series of books. Illustrated with color paintings. |
 | Although she is good at math, Cass wishes that she could jump rope as well as the group she watches in her new neighborhood. |
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| When Jonathan's family buys Laurel's house, this Jewish boy and Chinese American girl gradually become friends as they deal with ancestral spirits and changing family relationships. |
 | Addy is unhappy when her younger brother starts ignoring and starts spending more time with her friend's cousin. Color illustrations accompany the text. |
