Night Bird

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

In 1840 Night Bird, whose clan of Seminole Indians is fighting to preserve its traditional way of life in Florida, must decide whether to seek land and an unknown future in distant Oklahoma.

Pearl Harbor is burning!

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

When his family moves to Hawaii in 1941, Frank feels out of place until he makes friends with a Japanese American boy--the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Earthquake!

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

In 1906, after the devastating earthquake hits San Francisco, twelve-year-old Phillip struggles to save the horses in his family's livery stable.

Lone Star: A Story of the Texas Rangers

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

In 1847, eleven-year-old Clay dreams of becoming a Texas Ranger so that he can exact revenge upon the Comanche Indians who attacked his family, until personal experience acquaints him with the brut...

Facing west

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

As his family sets out from Missouri to Oregon, young Ben wonders whether he will have more trouble with the dangers of the journey or his debilitating asthma.

Shannon: A Chinatown Adventure, San Francisco, 1880

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Newly arrived in Victorian San Francisco from Ireland, Shannon plans the daring rescue of a young Chinese slave.

Marie

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Ten-year-old Marie dreams of becoming a ballerina, but without a wealthy sponsor, she faces a more mundane future dictated by her family's position in pre-Revolutionary Parisian society.

Shannon, lost and found, San Francisco, 1880

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

When Shannon and her friends conduct a book drive in their San Francisco neighborhood in 1880 to benefit the new library, they must solve a mystery quickly.

Shannon

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

Shannon

By Kathleen V. Kudlinski

A recent immigrant from Ireland to San Francisco in 1880, Shannon is ready to start school, but is dismayed that her Chinese friend is forbidden by law to attend and that many of her classmates are...