Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the American Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.

After escaping the orphanage where they have spent their lives together, two boys become assistants to a con artist, and while Possum objects to the lying, stealing, and cheating, Billy only cares about making money and taking life easy.

A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.

Chronicles the rise of trumpeter Louis Armstrong from a waif's home to a position as one of the most important musicians of his times.

Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.

Here is a brief history for young readers of the United States Army in World War II. They fought desperately and gallantly to gain time, grew in strength and numbers as they fought, and emerged after four years of war as the most powerful fighting force ever assembled.