Books in Adventures in America, 8 series

Two children travel with their older brother across the country by wagon train from Virginia to the Oregon Territory.

The death of a young slave girl in Boston as well as a religious revival led by Jonathan Edwards during the Great Awakening prompt Maggie to make an important decision

Jed and Louisa Stoddard leave Virginia to join many others in Independence, Missouri, to cross the Great Plains and the Continental Divide as they journey to their new homeland in Oregon.

When Queen Anne's War leaves Boston with major problems such as food shortages and riots, ten-year-old Beth and her family struggle to survive peacefully

While living in Boston in 1710, eleven-year-old Will faces challenges brought on by Queen Anne's War as well as by school, friendships, and his development

Norwegian homesteader Chris Isaacsen dreams of owning a farm in the Dakota territory with his family, which will come true--according to the Homestead Act--if he lives on the land for five years.

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While homesteading in Kansas in the 1880s, Matt Foster and his mother struggle against night raiders trying to drive them off the land

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