Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
When Eugene starts hearing a voice inside his head telling him to do awful things, it leads him to look into his small town's past before the Depression, and to discover long-hidden secrets about his neighbors and the town.
Presents the life of Mark Twain, a steamboat pilot who became the great American humorist and writer of the 19th century, combining present day and period illustrations.