In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perc�e village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Perc�e Indians.

Nellie and her sisters are about to be adopted by Samantha's family when her Uncle Mike shows up and threatens to ruin everything.

While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.

Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.

While celebrating her brother's Bar Mitzvah on Coney Island, nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin disobeys by going off on her own, leaving her cousin Ana, a recent immigrant, alone.

When Kanani's cousin from New York comes to Hawaii for a visit, Kanani is excited to show her what life is like in a friendly Hawaiian town, but Rachel's homesickness and a silly mistake threatens to ruin their friendship.

Kanani is having a great time raising money to protect the Hawaiian monk seal by shaving ice at the beach. But when Celina who is her best friend, finds another surfing partner, Kanani finds herself alone and lonely.

When Marie-Grace discovers a baby outside her father's office and a slave catcher claims the boy, she helps place him at a white orphanage where she becomes a volunteer, as her friendship with Cecile grows and she hears rumors of yellow fever.

Cecile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls.

A letter arrives for Caroline, asking her to come help her uncle Aaron and cousin Lydia on their new farm for the summer. Although Caroline is reluctant to leave her family, she's eager to lend a hand. So when she suspects that a thief has been stealing much-needed food from the farm, Caroline helps keep watch to guard against the uninvited visitor. Then she makes an unexpected discovery--and learns that some things are not as simple as they seem....