Born In The Year Of Courage

by Emily Crofford

Published 1 September 1991
In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West.

When the River Ran Backward

by Emily Crofford

Published 1 January 2000
In the process of coping with a series of earthquakes which strike the frontier town of New Madrid in 1811 and 1812, fifteen-year-old Laurel discovers an unexpected romance.