Linda F Ireland
Author
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Hudson is positive that he is going to have a lonely, dreary summer until he discovers a hidden chamber behind his fireplace. In the room sits an old wizard who tells the boys that he has been waiting for him. The wizard sends Nicholas through a magical door to a land called Tovenaar, charged with the mission of finding the land's disappearing children. Once under the protection of the Great Wizards, Tovenaar is now held...
Author
Language
English
Description
The newly-formed Kansas Territory seemed to hold great possibilities and excitement to many people in the eastern U.S. Among those were Joseph and Molly Malone along with their good friends, Frank and Laura Stephenson and their children. As the people attempted to form a state, violence erupted between the new territory and her pro-slavery neighbor, Missouri. It was a difficult life, fraught with hardships which often forced people to move back East....
