Nineteenth-century fossil hunter Mary Anning and spinster Elizabeth Philpot form a friendship based on their interest in science, and, when Mary's work is put into question by individuals who believe it goes against their religious beliefs and men in her field try to take credit for it, Elizabeth's loyalty to Mary becomes invaluable to her.

Mary, Johnny, and Lizzie Marston, and other children traveling on the Orphan Train from New York City, share hopes for their futures in good, loving homes in the American West.

Sir Hugh de Payens, initiated into the secret Jewish society known as the Order in 1088, is so sickened by the carnage of the First Crusade that he forms an order of monks dedicated to protecting pilgrims on the road to Jerusalem, but he is called to service by the Order once again--this time to find ancient documents hidden deep within the Temple Mount that will prove Christianity is built upon a myth.

In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish. Also details Daniel and Armin's reunion in 1945 in interspersed chapters.

Flavia and her friends pursue tutor Aristo from Corinth to Athens when he escapes after being accused of committing a brutal attack on Flavia's father.

Ethan Saunders, a former spy, is hired by his former fianceé to find her missing husband, which also means working for his former enemy Alexander Hamilton and meanwhile, on the Pennsylvania frontier, Joan Maycott's family struggles to maintain their stakes in their business distilling whiske

Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II, finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.

In 1862, sixteen-year-old Rufus Rowe runs away from home and settles in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he documents in his journal the battle he watches unfold there.

Office of Strategic Services agent Cletus Frade must convince German prisoner of war Colonel Wilhelm Frogger to help find out what his parents in Argentina know about a secret plan to help post-war senior Nazi officers find a safe haven in South America, but German officials and Argentinians led by Juan Peron are on their way to kill Frogger's parents and Frade himself.