The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a children's novel that follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle as she immigrates from Liverpool, England to Providence, Rhode Island. As the only passenger on board the ship, Charlotte's voyage is disrupted when tensions among the crew result in her serving as a sailor. Though at times her new life is dangerous, Charlotte's experiences show her an inner strength she never knew she had, and a kind of life she never knew was possible.
The one act play American Dream skewers the stereotypical pursuit of the American dream and conventional family life. In the play, Mommy and Daddy live with Grandma. During the play, the trio is visited by Mrs. Barker, from whom they adopted a child years ago. Mommy and Daddy ultimately destroyed the child, as he wasn't up to their standards. The final visitor in the play is a young man, called the American Dream by Grandma, as he is good looking and everything the couple's first child wasn't.
April Morning is the story of Adam Cooper's journey into manhood on the day of the Battle of Lexington during the American Revolutionary War. Adam, a teenager, is struggling on the cusp of adulthood as war looms. He experiences the heady prelude to open combat, but ultimately he is shielded from the battle by family and friends and evades fighting by hiding outside the town. His father, Moses, is killed in the fighting.