Ann fights for freedom : an Underground Railroad survival story —Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- author.

In 1854 in Eastern Maryland twelve-year-old Ann is a slave, grateful that her family is still all together; but when their master, in need of money, decides to sell Ann and her younger brother, their parents decide to ta...

Sarah journeys west : an Oregon Trail survival story —Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- author.

In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to Califo...

Charlotte spies for justice : a Civil War survival story —Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- author.

In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that he...

Alice on the island : a Pearl Harbor survival story —Poe, Mayumi Shimose, author.

In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days are filled with swimming in the Hawaiian sea, going to school, and helping watch her younger siblings. But on December 7, everything changes when she experiences an act of war, the...

Lily and the great quake : a San Francisco earthquake survival story —Bybee, Veeda, author.

Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits; her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn Lily an...

Emmi in the city : a Great Chicago Fire survival story —Alikhan, Salima, author.

Although Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a German immigrant n the early 1870s, she's often teased by her America-born peers. But when the Great Fire breaks out on O...

Lucy fights the flames : a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story —Gilbert, Julie, 1976- author.

It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operat...

That grand Easter day! —Lord, Jill Roman, author.

Illustrations and a cumulative rhyme reveal the events of Easter morning.

That grand Christmas day! —Lord, Jill Roman, author.

"Illustrations and a cumulative rhyme reveal the events of what happened on the first Christmas day." -- Provided by publisher.