New Mother

by Tom Owens and Thomas S Owens

Published 1 January 1999
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 fears he will lose this new mother, as well.

Bravest Blacksmith

by Thomas S Owens

Published 1 January 1999
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.

Mother of Invention

by Thomas S Owens

Published 1 January 1999
John Alexander and his widowed mother live in Colonial America and invent a method for shucking corn.

Free to Learn

by Janet A Weber and Thomas S Owens

Published 1 January 1999
An eighteenth-century schoolteacher encounters resistance from the community when she allows a former slave to join the children in her class.