Books in The American Adventure series

As World War II comes to an end, Eddie Harrington develops polio, and he and his family worry about their brother, Steve, caught in the Battle of the Bulge, and their sister Alice's fiance, missing in the Pacific, and welcome back their friends, the Wakamutsus, from internment camp.As World War II ends, Eddie Harrington has polio, and he and his family welcome back the Wakamutsus

Each paperback in this series features a trio of fictional stories highlighting a moment in American history. Troubled Times contains three stories focusing on the Great Depression. In The Lucky Star a girl helps her sister and other children learn to read when their school is closed. Rudy Rides the Rails features a boy living the hobo life. In Junk Man's Daughter, a family struggles after moving to the United States.

A story about looking beyond the blue or the gray colors of the uniform and seeing the true person. In 1862, the Civil War battle at Fredericksburg looms too close to home for Sarah, a teenage farm girl who has lost twin brothers in the war. Frightened and angry, Sarah wonders how much closer the fighting will get and how much more her family will lose before the Yankees finally leave Virginia. Then Sarah discovers Matthew, a young Union soldier who reminds her of her own brothers, sleeping in her hayloft. Sarah faces a big dilemma: Should she tell her parents about the enemy deserter or keep this dangerous secret to herself? With a company of Confederate soldiers closing in, there isn't much time if Sarah is going to help Matthew escape!