As the Fourth of July approaches for yet another year, America celebrates nearly two hundred and fifty years of freedom and independence! As your family prepares for this holiday, why not enjoy some grand adventures that highlight America through the years?
In the years just before the American Revolution, Matthew Hallowell is left alone in the wilderness of Maine to care for his family’s newly built home while his father returns to town to bring his mother and siblings. While alone, Matt encounters Indians and wild animals, braves hunger and sickness, and works to protect his family’s claim in the Maine wilderness.
America is struggling to fight against the powerful empire of Britain, and Johnny Tremain is just one young boy growing up in Boston. But through the Boston Tea party, the battle of Lexington and Concord, and the siege of Boston, this young man becomes a hero in the fight for revolution and freedom!
Indians in the woods. Rapids on the river. When Dewey and his grandmother’s lives are threatened by the natives around their home, they must plunge Dewey’s raft into Trouble River and set off towards town. But will they survive the river and its dangers?
Until the fateful night Amanda heard a slave baby cry, she had no idea that her parents were conductors on the Underground Railroad. When Amanda herself is tasked with protecting and helping a slave family get to freedom, can she be strong enough to guide them through unknown territory and north to freedom?
Caroline Talbot’s family are missionaries, heading West to work among the Indians. Set during the days of the Oregon Trail, this adventure tells of the battles between Indian tribes, the dangers of pioneering life, and one girl’s bravery and courage.
As the promise of success convinces men and women to leave their homes and journey West, young Carolina brings along her closest possession, her doll Lyddy Lou. But when Lydia-Lou may be the only way for the settlers to safely cross through Indian territory, will Carolina part with her beloved doll?
Laura Ingalls is only a child growing up in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, but she’s old enough to remember sugar snows, dances at Grandpa’s house, and the wolves and the bears in the forests. But as people gradually move West, will the Ingalls family stay in Wisconsin?
Set during the late nineteenth century, this story shows the beauty of family and courage as widowed Jacob Witting searches for a wife to care for his children. Anna and Caleb need a mother, but Sarah loves the sea. Is she willing to part with her beloved home in Maine to come and live with them far out on the flat prairie?
