Caught in the furor of Pontiac's rebellion on Fort Detroit in 1763, Makow, a young Odawa, reluctantly escapes with his grandfather, who wants the boy to make his vision quest along the distant shores of Lake Michigan. But the journey leads Makow to more violence as he joins an attack on the English at Fort Michilimackinac, and to the stunning revelation that he must find a twin brother who was separated from his family as an infant.

At Michigan's Straits of Mackinac, eight-year-old Charles quickly learns the importance of the 'Castle at the Straits' and the work he will help his uncles, the 'wicki,' or lighthouse keeper, and his assistant, do there.

After the Campbell family learns that they will be forced to leave Fort Michilimackinac for the new island settlement on Mackinac, Robert Campbell asks permission from Governor Sinclair to build a sawmill at Mill Creek instead.

Product Description: An accident during an afternoon storm sends Malaika and her brother Sammy back in time to the lives of Malaika and Samson, young slaves who are escaping along the Underground Railroad. Separated from their mother, the pair have made their way across the Ohio River and into Indiana where they meet Danile, a rough but good-hearted abolitionist...read more

When her grandchildren arrive at her home, Grandmother Kinzie tells Eleanor and Juliette the story of their great-grandmother's capture by the Seneca Indians in 1779

Product Description: Book by Panagopoulos, Janie Lynn

Product Description: An eleven-year-old New York farm girl travels with her parents to the Michigan Territory in 1836 by way of the Erie Canal, encountering unknown dangers and incredible hardships.

Twelve-year-old Gus McCarty struggles at school with an obnoxious classmate named Al until an accident sends him back in time to a lumber camp with an equally troublesome lumberjack named Alex.

Product Description: Chris scoffs at his younger brother's enthusiasm for collecting rocks-particularly one Nick thinks is shaped like a turtle-and generally thinks that the eight-year-old is something of a wimp. But Chris's attitude is dramatically changed as the brothers suddenly find themselves trapped at dusk in a deep forest with eighteen-century fur traders...read more