By Massie, Elizabeth  Sixteen-year-old Caleb, a free black living in a slave state, must choose between joining the volunteer rebel army of General Washington, and fighting against the Americans under British Governor Lord Dunmore.

By Deford, Deborah  A young Hessian soldier questions his loyalty to his king after fighting with the British in America during the Revolutionary War and spending time as a prisoner in the home of a German American family from Pennsylvania.

By Lasky, Kathryn  Mary, her mother, and her brother Caleb live in Salem, Massachusetts, during the time of the Salem Witch Trials. When their mother is accused of practicing witchcraft, Mary and Caleb must decide whether their mother is innocent, and if she is, how they can help her escape before it is too late.

By Collier, James Lincoln and Christopher  In the mid-eighteenth century a family moves from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and becomes involved in the property conflict between the two states.

By Rinaldi, Ann  In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll among her family and friends and comes to understand the true nature of war.

By Anderson, Laurie Halse  After being sold to a cruel Tory couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

By Draper, Sharon  Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

By Anderson, Laurie Halse  In 1793 Philadelphia, 16-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.