by Nora Martin (2003)
In 1889 in the islands off the coast of Washington State, thirteen-year-old Clementine pulls a nearly drowned Chinese man out of the sea and begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may have been involved in his attempted murder as well as other treacherous deeds.
Ann Weisgarber
1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In desperation she agrees to marry him. But when Catherine travels to Oscar's farm on Galveston Island, Texas - a thousand miles from home - she finds she is little prepared for the life that awaits her.
Molly Levite Griffis
The war declared by President Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, seems remote to fifth-grader John Allan until he finds out that his classmate Rachel thinks he is a spy for the Japanese and wants him deported to another country.
Joan Lingard
Sadie, a Protestant, and Kevin, a Catholic, are both attracted to and pitted against each other until a new eruption of violence in Belfast forces them to face the consequences of their behavior.
Edward Myers
In Denver, Colorado, in 1962, two eleven-year-old boys develop a rivalry that mimics the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union as it reaches a crisis in October.