Great Episodes Books in Order

Tempe Wick lives in Revolutionary New Jersey, where soldiers, shortages, and mutiny threaten her family. Her prized horse becomes central to a story of nerve, loyalty, and quick thinking.

Susanna English stands near the accusing girls of Salem and knows more than is safe to say. As hysteria grows, silence becomes its own kind of danger.

Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in John Adams’s household, is caught between Boston patriots and British soldiers. Her friendship with a redcoat brings the Boston Massacre painfully close.

Becca becomes a servant in Peggy Shippen’s household and is drawn close to Benedict Arnold’s world. What looks like elegance soon turns into danger, deception, and treason.

On the World War II home front, a young girl tries to keep her family steady as fear, rationing, and wartime change press in. Growing up means learning what cheerfulness can and cannot hide.

Sarah Revere knows her father, Paul Revere, is carrying dangerous secrets through Boston. As revolution nears, she watches, questions, and discovers that patriot work can put a whole family at risk.

Phillis Wheatley is taken from Africa, enslaved in Boston, and taught to read and write. Her gift for poetry opens doors, but freedom and recognition remain painfully complicated.

After Lincoln’s assassination, Emily Pigbush is pulled between grief, the Surratt family scandal, and her doctor uncle’s secret work with stolen bodies. Washington’s darkness becomes impossible to ignore.

In Revolutionary South Carolina, Caroline Whitaker’s plantation home is occupied by British soldiers. Her mixed-race heritage, her father’s imprisonment, and her brother’s shifting loyalties force her into dangerous truths.

Fanny McCoy watches the Hatfield-McCoy feud turn family pride into bloodshed. Her sister Roseanna’s love for a Hatfield deepens the danger, while a coffin quilt records the mounting losses.

Lizzy Enders is left at a Santa Fe convent after her mother dies on the trail. The mystery of the Loretto Chapel staircase frames her struggle with faith, grief, and belonging.

At Penncroft Farm, a boy named Lars uncovers Revolutionary War secrets with help from a ghostly friend. The mystery links his new home to old loyalties, hidden clues, and unfinished history.

Patrick Henry’s daughters Patsy and Anne carry the burden of their mother’s hidden mental illness while their father campaigns for liberty. Family secrets make public ideals feel painfully complicated.

This parallel novel follows Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley from very different childhoods toward their later bond in the White House. Rinaldi explores slavery, privilege, grief, and trust.

On a Texas plantation, Luli Holcomb’s family hides the truth of emancipation from Sis Goose, an enslaved girl raised as kin. When Union soldiers arrive, love and betrayal collide.

CeCe McGill travels south with her abolitionist uncle, who studies birds while secretly aiding the Underground Railroad. What she witnesses on plantations changes her understanding of slavery, courage, and freedom.

Harriet Whitehead becomes a letter writer on a Virginia plantation and is drawn into the world around Nat Turner. Her sympathy, innocence, and one dangerous choice lead to consequences she cannot undo.

Eleven-year-old Leigh Ann Conners watches the Civil War reach her Georgia home, her brothers, and her family’s mill. One risky act meant to save the mill sends her into danger and forces her to grow up fast.