He will go fearless

By Laurie Lawlor

With the Civil War ended and Reconstruction begun, fifteen-year-old Billy resolves to make the dangerous and challenging journey West in search of real fortune--his true father.

Down the Rio Grande 1829 American Sisters

By Laurie Lawlor

Horseback on the Boston Post Road 1704

By Laurie Lawlor

In 1704, after their mistress receives a mysterious letter requesting their arrival, twelve-year-old servant girls Hester and Philena embark on a dangerous journey from Boston to New Haven, Connect...

Pacific Odyssey To California 1905.

By Laurie Lawlor

Eleven-year-old Su-Na, a Korean immigrant whose family journeys to Hawaii and then California, hoping to find prosperity, learns that America will not truly be a free country until all its people a...

Addie Across the Prairie

By Laurie Lawlor

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Shadow catcher

By Laurie Lawlor

When the twentieth century was just getting under way, Edward S. Curtis began documenting North Amencan Indian culture in words and photographs. Today, almost one hundred years later, his work stil...

Shadow catcher

By Laurie Lawlor

When the twentieth century was just getting under way, Edward S. Curtis began documenting North Amencan Indian culture in words and photographs. Today, almost one hundred years later, his work stil...

Gold in the hills

By Laurie Lawlor

When they are left with relatives while their father goes prospecting for gold in the Colorado mountains, ten-year-old Hattie and her older brother depend on their friendship with a recluse who liv...

Where will this shoe take you?

By Laurie Lawlor

A history of fashion in footwear through the ages.