Relates the experiences of Simu-quah, an eleven-year-old Potawatomi girl, as she travels with her tribe on its forced march from Indiana to Kansas in 1838.

When Evie overhears her parents talking about their family tree, she considers whether they mean the holly, the sugar maple, the magnolia, or the oak.

When the Great Depression hit in 1929, life changed for millions of families across the United States. The Sperry family of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was one such family whose comfortable life was shattered by the depression. Penniless, the Sperrys pulled up roots and moved to Brown County, Indiana, a vacation place that held happy memories for them. Portia Sperry found work at the Nashville House hotel and became the gift shop manager. In response to...

Told in two voices, in the early 1860s, Joseph struggles to escape his older brother's shadow and vies with him for the affection of Sarah, their neighbor who becomes a nurse and a spy during the Civil War. Includes historical facts and glossary.

Bernie and her family live in Indiana, where she soon gets involved in the national suffragist movement for women's rights.