Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Williamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyalist from England.

Growing up in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, nine-year-old Felicity is a spunky girl dealing with everyday life as the Revolutionary War looms on the horizon. But while she wades through her childhood, the American colonies and England are growing further apart. As war approaches, and loyalties change, Felicity finds herself facing numerous crises within her circle of friends and her very own family.

In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.

When Cornelia's veil is ruined on the day of her wedding ceremony in 1904, nine-year-old Samantha comes to the rescue. Includes information on wedding customs in the early 1900s and instructions for making a bridesmaid bouquet.

Nine-year-old Josefina wants to give up learning to play the piano until she sees how much joy her music gives to her baby nephew. Discusses the importance of music on the New Mexican frontier and describes how to dance La Vaquerita.

Meet Molly McIntire, a lively nine-year old growing up during World War II. Although the fighting is happening far away, the war changes Molly's life on the home front too. Every morning Mom goes off to work at the Red Cross headquarters, and she doesn't get home until late. Molly's older brother Ricky is even more of a pest than usual. Wors of all, Molly misses her dad, an Army doctor who's thousands of miles away helping wounded soldiers. With the...

Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.