The Fifth of March- Set in Boston at the time of the Boston Massacre, the story is told from the point of view of a servant in the house of John Adams. Jemima Emerson and her family struggle with the ideas of the coming revolution. This affects friendships and loyalties as well as the love of freedom. Paul Revere s daughter recalls the Boston Tea Party, the famous ride, and other issues in her father s life including his new wife. This is the story of the Revolutionary War in the South, at a South Carolina plantation.
Some mature themes are here.
A Break with Charity-A very well researched story of the Salem Witch Trials looking at the causes, political, economic and scientific, social, of that time in history. My Heart is On the Ground- Written in broken English, in diary form, this book tells the story of a Sioux girl living at a Pennsylvania boarding school for Indians. After Lincolns assassination, a young girl finds herself knowing one of John Wilkes Booth s accomplices. Some mature themes here. This book is set in Santa Fe at a convent.