Books with author Alan N. Kay

David ducked under the slave catcher’s grasp and led Lisa to the right. Three of the slavers were close behind. The street emptied out into a small square. The men got closer. David looked around and headed towards an apartment.“Where are you going?” Lisa begged. “We’ll be trapped there!”“There’s no way out,” David yelled back. “Trust me.”In a world of hatred, fear and mistrust, two young people tried to make sense of it all. David, the son of an Irish immigrant father and abolitionist mother, was treated like an outsider in the neighborhood. His Irish heritage made him a stranger to the kids on the street and his mother’s money and friends made him an outcast to his old Irish buddies. All he wanted was to be liked.Lisa, a young slave on a rice plantation in Georgia, could never understand why her father accepted his life of slavery so easily. So, when one day he took her hand and ran off into the woods she found it hard to believe she might actually be able to get that taste of freedom she always dreamed of. The problem for them both was that slave catchers were determined to send Lisa and her Daddy back to the South even if they had to go to David’s hometown of Boston to get them!

The roles of women in the Civil War, sometimes apparent and sometimes hidden, are depicted at the Battle of Antietam along with the frustrations doctors and nurses faced in the war.The Civil War was fought by men. Men started it and men ended it. At least that is what everyone thought.With Civil War destroying the country, Mary Adams and Lynn Rhodes decide to help even if they aren't wanted. Mary joins an aid society and helps to heal the wounded, eventually meeting Clara Barton. Lynn joins her twin brother and disguises herself as a boy to fight alongside the men and boys of the Union army. Each of them faces different challenges as they struggle to be treated as equals. During the Battle of Antietam, these two very different girls, who choose two very different paths, find themselves forced to work together to not only save the country but to somehow take a stand for women in a war that was only for men.

The North and South finally meet! But how will Thomas react when George's Confederates invade his home in Pennsylvania? Can Lynn’s brother Daniel and Thomas withstand the Confederate onslaught? Will George’s gallant charge across the field lead him right into the arms of his cousin Thomas? And most importantly, will Mary recover in time to stop her brother and cousin from killing each other before it’s too late?

By 1863 the Civil War has become so deadly that both sides begin breaking the rules. When an angry Southern army invades Pennsylvania, African Americans face a new deadlier threat than before. Living in a small town near Gettysburg, young Randy Lightfoot is kidnapped, beaten, and imprisoned at Richmond until he is finally forced to take a stand in a war where the only rules left are the rules of survival. Can Randy save his freedom as well as the freedom of his race?

The Civil War was fought by men. Men started it and men ended it. At least that is what everyone thought. With Civil War destroying the country, Mary Adams and Lynn Rhodes decide to help even if they aren't wanted. Mary joins an aid society and helps to heal the wounded, eventually meeting Clara Barton. Lynn joins her twin brother and disguises herself as a boy to fight alongside the men and boys of the Union army. Each of them faces different challenges as they struggle to be treated as equals. During the Battle of Antietam, these two very different girls, who choose two very different paths, find themselves forced to work together to not only save the country but to somehow take a stand for women in a war that was only for men.