Books with author Stephen Eaton Hume

Maggie Davis is a young girl who lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, near Halifax, when her beloved Uncle Nick is killed by diabetes. Maggie’s father, a doctor, is greatly saddened by his brother’s death, and soon has to deal with his own daughter’s diagnosis with the dread disease. Various remedies are tried, including starvation diet popular at the time, but nothing works and Maggie’s condition worsens. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Banting and other doctors work night and day to perfect insulin. Will they succeed in time to save Maggie and thousands of others?

After his "wonderful airship" crashes near St. Francis of Assisi’s Home for Foundlings in Quebec City, Ben Franklin is thrown slightly off course in his carefully laid plan to coax Canada into joining the Americans in their fight against England’s rule. A motley crew of orphans hides the famous inventor from the British Redcoats during the American War of Independence. One of these orphans, 16-year-old Michael Flynn, is deaf and was abandoned by his parents, who were convinced that his problem was caused by demons who "seized his tongue and prevented him from speaking." Michael leads his best friends, White Rat and Briony, through the dangerous spy portals of underground Montreal carrying secret messages to ensure Franklin eludes the gallows. When Michael’s sign language inspires the great scientist to create a top-secret spy code, Michael and his friends are flung headlong into an adventure they’ll never forget.

Maggie Davis is a young girl who lives in Chester, Nova Scotia, near Halifax, when her beloved Uncle Nick is killed by diabetes. Maggie’s father, a doctor, is greatly saddened by his brother’s death, and soon has to deal with his own daughter’s diagnosis with the dread disease. Various remedies are tried, including starvation diet popular at the time, but nothing works and Maggie’s condition worsens. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Banting and other doctors work night and day to perfect insulin. Will they succeed in time to save Maggie and thousands of others?

After his "wonderful airship" crashes near St. Francis of Assisi's Home for Foundlings in Quebec City, Ben Franklin is thrown slightly off course in his carefully laid plan to coax Canada into joining the Americans in their fight against England's rule.A motley crew of orphans hides the famous inventor from the British Redcoats during the American War of Independence. One of these orphans, 16-year-old Michael Flynn, is deaf and was abandoned by his parents, who were convinced that his problem was caused by demons who "seized his tongue and prevented him from speaking." Michael leads his best friends, White Rat and Briony, through the dangerous spy portals of underground Montreal carrying secret messages to ensure Franklin eludes the gallows. When Michael's sign language inspires the great scientist to create a top-secret spy code, Michael and his friends are flung headlong into an adventure they'll never forget.

It's midnight on the farm. Somewhere two white horses lie down in the hay and dream of galloping over green hills. In the deep dark of midnight, everything on the farm sinks gently into dreamland. For one small child who watches through the window, that mystical time between wakefulness and slumber is as peaceful and comforting as the country whose name is sleep. Soon, he too will go there, but not before he catches a glimpse of the dreams that will come to each creature under the turning stars.

It's midnight on the farm. Somewhere two white horses lie down in the hay and dream of galloping over green hills. In the deep dark of midnight, everything on the farm sinks gently into dreamland. For one small child who watches through the window, that mystical time between wakefulness and slumber is as peaceful and comforting as the country whose name is sleep. Soon, he too will go there, but not before he catches a glimpse of the dreams that will come to each creature under the turning stars.

It's midnight on the farm. Somewhere two white horses lie down in the hay and dream of galloping over green hills.In the deep dark of midnight, everything on the farm sinks gently into dreamland. For one small child who watches through the window, that mystical time between wakefulness and slumber is as peaceful and comforting as the country whose name is sleep. Soon, he too will go there, but not before he catches a glimpse of the dreams that will come to each creature under the turning stars.