Nate rides his thoroughbred filly Liberty Maid on a race to save his family’s farm from Joseph Brant’s Indians in this fine historical novel set in upper New York State during the Revolutionary War.
THE SLAVE WHO SAVED THE CITY and Other Hassidic Tales
By HARRY M. RABINOWICZ
Illustrated by Ahron Gelles
The glowing, miraculous legends grown around Rabbi Israel Baal Shem-Tob, the father of Hassidism, lovingly collected and especially adapted for young readers.
DOUBLOONS
By MARISTAN CHAPMAN
Illustrated by Carl T. Herrman
A rousing mystery-adventure story in which four Tennessee boys are plunged by a hurricane into the Florida Everglades, are “rescued” by modern pirates and stranded in the Ten Thousand Islands, and discover pirate gold.