Book 1

A Stitch in Time

by Ann Rinaldi

Published 1 April 1994
Shortly after the War of Independence, Hannah sees her family being torn apart by old secrets and new developments, as her sister resolves to marry a sea captain and other siblings prepare to help start a new town in the Northwestern Territory.

Book 2

Broken Days

by Ann Rinaldi

Published 1 March 1997
In 1811, life with her Aunt Hannah in Salem, Massachusetts, becomes even more difficult for fourteen-year-old Ebie with the arrival of a half-Indian girl who claims to be the daughter of Hannah's sister, Thankful, and with the threat of impending war.

Book 3

The Blue Door

by Ann Rinaldi

Published 1 September 1996
When her grandmother sends her alone on a difficult journey up North, fourteen-year-old Amanda encounters the exploitation of women in textile mills.