Indentured Heart

This book is the third in the series "The House of Winslow" by Gilbert Morris. 

This book centers around Adam Winslow, Who is the son of Miles Winslow. (Who is the son of William Winslow.) While some of his family is only concerned about how much money they are making, Adam is kind hearted and good natured. Instead of being good at books, he is better with his hands and mechanical things.

While on a business trip in England he meets a little girl named Molly Burns and tries everything in his power to rescue her from an abusive father. he ends up bringing her to America as a indentured servant. What his family's reaction will be, he doesn't know.

this book is set in the 1740's to 60's, and 13 is a good age minimum.

The Captive Bride

This is the second book in the series "The house of Winslow" by Gilbert Morris.

It starts out with Matthew Winslow, Gilbert and Humility's son. He goes to England with his uncle to try to find something to do with his life, and ends up marrying a girl named Lydia. When he gets put in jail for preaching the gospel with John Bunyan, he almost goes insane, and leaves his wife and disappears.

Skip forward about fourteen years, and the focus is Rachel Winslow who is Matthew and Lydia's Daughter. She has been raised by her grandfather, Gilbert Winslow, and her mother, Lydia Winslow. Her father comes back and they have to learn to forgive him. 

Go ahead about 25 more years and the family has moved to Salem, and they have to struggle through the Salem Witch Trials.

This is another good, fairly accurate, book set from 1658 to about 1692. Again I would put the age minimum at 13. 

Honorable Imposter

This is the fist book out of thirty two in the series "The House of Winslow" by Gilbert Morris.

It is about a young man named Gilbert Winslow, who is a penniless man in the 1600's and is supposed to become a parson. He gets employed by a rich relative to spy on a group of puritans; but when things go wrong Gilbert ends up on the Mayflower with them. He goes to the new world with them and he has to learn to follow his heart.

This is a very historically accurate story of a man from that time, and I enjoyed reading it very much. I am going to say that 13 is probably a good age to read this book.

Five little Peppers

These books were written by Margaret Sidney, and are set in the early 1900's I will try to put them in chronological order but I may get a little off.

The first one is titled 'Five Little Peppers and How They Grew'
It is about a family of five children; Ebenezer (Ben,) Mary (Polly,) Joel, David, Sophronia (Phronsie,) and their 'Mamsie' who, in spite of being extremely poor, manage to have bushels of fun. Phronsie and Ben get the measles, and Polly has to do all of the work, until she gets it worse than everyone, and cant see. Phronsie gets lost, and the occupants of the little brown house go into a frenzy trying to find her. that's how they meet Jasper King: the boy who saved Phronsie and they have lovely times that Summer. The next spring Polly goes and stays with Jasper and his father. eventually the whole family comes and they come to stay.

Five Little Peppers Midway
Now living at the Kings' home as cherished members of the family, the children, especially Polly,make the acquaintance of the unpleasant cousin Eunice Chatterton, who thinks the Kings are degrading themselves by associating with the Peppers. She hopes to turn Polly into a willing servant, but eventually decides to train Phronsie instead.

Five Little Peppers Abroad
As it says in the title, the Peppers are abroad in this book. Not all of them though, Ben, David, and Joel stay behind with their cousins. The rest are abroad, traveling through England, France, Holland, and Italy. They make friends with an Earl and his family, ending their journey with a visit to the Earl's estate.

Five Little Peppers at School
In this book, the Pepper children and their cousins are at school. The boys (except Jasper and Ben) are away at boarding school, and they get into fights etc. Polly is going to Miss. Salisbury's school for girls, and she always has a gaggle of giggling girls fighting over her. When Polly and her school mates are in a train accident, Polly finds out that a brakeman has died. She decides to try to help his family by raising money for them.

Five Little Peppers Grown Up
Polly is now a music teacher and is having trouble with fifteen year old Amy Loughead, one of her worst pupils, is begging her to give her extra lessons so she can prove to her older brother Jack that she's a good musician and worthy to be taken on his upcoming trip abroad. Joel, David, and Percy are going to collage. The family gets into a train wreck while going up to surprise Jasper.(Who is working for a printing business in New York.) Polly breaks her arm and Pickering almost dies.

These books can be a little annoying, because everyone is perfect and they almost never do anything wrong. If you can get past that though, they are very good stories. I am going to say that you could read this book at any age.