Tom Owens Books
The Atlanta Braves baseball team
By Tom Owens
A team history of the Atlanta Braves, from their start in Boston through their championship seasons in the 1990s, focusing on notable players and important front office figures.
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Flames of freedom
By Tom Owens
In 1777 Massachusetts, after his parents are killed because of their loyalty to Great Britain, eleven-year-old Timothy is taken in by a parson and his wife. Includes historical notes.
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A new mother
By Tom Owens
Having lost his mother in childbirth, twelve-year-old Daniel does not welcome his father's new wife to their home and only comes to see her as a friend over time, but when she becomes pregnant, he...
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The bravest blacksmith
By Tom Owens
In 1781, thirteen-year-old Owen Scott warns rebel officer Jack Jouett that the British are headed towards Charlottesville, Virginia, where colonial leaders are meeting.
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Free to learn
By Tom Owens
An eighteenth-century schoolteacher encounters resistance from the community when she allows a former slave to join the children in her class.
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Mother of invention
By Tom Owens
John Alexander and his widowed mother live in Colonial America and invent a method for shucking corn.
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A new mother
By Tom Owens
Having lost his mother in childbirth, twelve-year-old Daniel does not welcome his father's new wife to their home and only comes to see her as a friend over time, but when she becomes pregnant, he...
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