With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death.

A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.

Fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend, both Navajos, are kidnapped by Spanish slave traders and forced to work in a Mexican village as household slaves, then return to Canyon de Chelly, only to face a new threat from the white man.

Eleven-year-old Franny Davis has several things on her mind. Her best friend is developing a friendship with another classmate, her dad is out of work leaving her mother to work and Franny to look after her younger brother. An amusing chain of events leads to Fanny learning how to compromise and deal with growing up.

Unable to kill, a young Cheyenne is scorned by his tribe when he chooses to become a horse catcher rather than a warrior.

A lamb nursed back to life becomes Peter's special pet. As the lamb, grows up to become leader of the flock, Peter grows into a strong, brave young shepherd who faces the dangers of mountain storms and wild animals. Then comes a time when Peter encounters a different challenge in his growing up--the loss of a beloved companion.

A collection of stories that were told to Charles J. Finger by the Indians of Central and South America during his travels there in the early 1920's.