When the Vespers continue their abductions and cross a line by kidnapping Atticus, an eleven-year-old non-Cahill civilian and Dan's only friend, Dan and Amy confront their biggest challenge ever in order to keep Atticus alive.

In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather arrives at her ancestral home in an enchanted village in England's West Country, where she discovers it is her destiny to right the wrongs of her ancestors and end an ancient feud.

Provides readers with the basics of genealogy, exploring their own and other people's pasts, creating an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that built this nation.

Gives advice on where to look for information, what type of information a genealogist needs, and how to organize the information.

Gives advice on where to look for tracing lineage and finding a haplogroup to see where a person's ancestors traveled.

While working on a genealogy project for his seventh grade history class, Andy Bonner becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.

"A family history project for school is giving the Beacon Street Girls a lot to think about -- especially Avery. She's got three families: her mother and brothers at home, her father in Colorado, and the birth mother she never really knew. But family is an uncomfortable subject for Maeve. Her parents have just separated, and she doesn't want to talk about it to anyone, not even her best friends in the world, the BSG. Can a bundle of old letters make...