Norma Jean Lutz

The War Between the States has been going on for almost three years and shows no signs of stopping. When Elise befriends a man whose son chose to fight with the South, her best friend, Vera, becomes angry.

Winifred (Winnie) Kincaid and her cousin, Jesse Forester, find it difficult to believe that many of their friends accept the hateful views of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan demonstrates a hatred for those who are Jewish.

Lydia Schmidt believes it’s unfair that boys get to have all the fun, take risks, and accomplish great feats while girls have to be prim and proper. It’s for that reason she is an emphatic believer in the woman’s right to vote.

Latina had taken for granted that she would be spending another happy summer vacation with her friends at Periwinkle Cove on the East Coast....

Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1840s is becoming a cultural and scientific mecca—the city boasts the first art academy and the most lucrative cultural environment for artists in the Midwest.

Slavery confuses Caroline Allerton. The compassionate twelve-year-old can't understand why her friend was given a young slave as a Christmas present, nor why her friend mistreats the miserable Caribbean girl.