When the portal transports them to the Valley of the Kings in ancient Egypt, the Time Soldiers encounter thieves and an angry pharoah as they try to make their way to safety, and along the way they learn that the amulet may give them some control over their journeys.

Twelve-year-old Emma receives unexpected friendship from a Black roustabout and a Union soldier during an explosion on the steamboat Sultana in 1865.

"Heart must hide her beloved unicorn, Moonsilver, from Lord Dunraven's hunters, so she and her animal friends join a troupe of traveling minstrels. Everyone thinks Moonsilver's horn is fake--just part of the act. Then Moonsilver heals a badly injured boy and the unicorn's secret is in danger. Can Heart's mysterious silver bracelet help her find the one place Moonsilver might be safe?"--p. [4] of cover.

Living with her family in the farming town of Palouse, Washington, during World War II, thirteen-year-old Josie worries about her brother's strange behavior and wonders why he has not enlisted.

Having escaped from the tower where she was trapped, the faerie Alida and her human helper Gavin try to elude capture by Lord Dunraven's men while they search for Alida's family.

In Texas in 1886, Ellen finds her desire to be a cattle rancher discouraged by family members who do not think it a proper choice for a girl, but she proves her worth when drought threatens the ranch.

Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.

The legend of King Arthur has been told a thousand ways for a thousand years, and it always touches those who hear it. A boy, destined to become king, must brave treachery and prove himself by doing the impossible.

Emancipated by their owner's will, thirteen-year-old Evie and her father struggle to gain Mama's freedom and to make a home for themselves in the pre-Civil War South.

In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the world, and a group of boys fights to survive in the academy that has resulted from his efforts.