Life changes drastically for a Hungarian family when World War I upsets their peaceful, contented existence and the children are left in charge of the farm.

The story of how Miss Hickory, a country woman made of an apple-wood twig and a head of hickory nut, survived a severe New Hampshire winter with the aid of her animal friends.

Relates what happens to three American children, unwillingly transplanted to Wales for one year, when one of them finds an ancient harp-tuning key that takes him back to the time of the great sixth-century bard Taliesin.

A pioneer boy, brought up by Crow Indians, is reunited with his family and attempts to orient himself in the white man's culture.

Michele helps three strangers find the beautiful Blue Grotto of Capri.

A young Egyptian boy struggles to reveal a hideous crime and reshape his own destiny.