Kate has always looked forward to her family's canal boat trips to Washington City, but this year everything has changed. Papa is dead and Mama has remarried, bringing a stepsister and stepbrother into their family. Kate's new stepfather is off fighting for the Union, and now Mama's expecting a new baby, making the trip they planned impossible. But Kate refuses to give up; her family depends on the income from the coal they haul down the C&amp;O Canal. Kate knows every one of the 184 miles of the waterway between Cumberland, Maryland and Georgetown by heart, as well as how to steer the boat and handle the mules that pull it.But Kate can't make the trip alone. As much as she resents her stepbrother, Seth, she needs his help; so with Kate at the tiller, and Seth walking beside the mules, the two set off, risking encounters with rebels, managing the canal's locks, and hiding the fact that they are two children traveling alone. But along the way, Kate discovers that working together not only means survival, it brings the understanding that will help her belong to a real family once again. Keystone to Reading Book Award Masterlist Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, Masterlist Maryland Children s Book Award Masterlist

Captain Kate

Children's Books

Carolyn Reeder

Literature & Fiction

Children's Literature

Timithoy Donovan stared across the harbor toward the city. "A hotbed of treason;" he whispered. That's what the captain had called it, and he'd said it was filled with fire-eaters. Timothy wished he could be there now--in Charleston, where exciting things happened every day--instead of here at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, witing to sound the next bugle call.

Timothy Donovan's Story

Joseph shook his head. "Ihave no quarrel with northern men--provided they don't try to take over Maryland." "Always playing neutral, aren't you?" Alexander said, his voice hostile. "Aw, leave him alone, Alex," Harold said. "As long as he's not a Unionist, he's okay, right?" Alexander gave Joseph a challenging glance and echoed, "As long as he's not a Unionist." But he was one.

Joseph Schwartz's Story

War Comes to Virginia! Gregory stood rooted to the hall floor as soldiers streamed into the parlor and the sitting room. their boots tracking dirt over the rugs. He saw that Father had moved to block the doorway of the dining room, but several of the soldiers simply pushed him in ahead of them. Gregory heard a chair scrape the floor as it was pushed back, followed by a harsh northern voice saying, "You sit back down, rebel lady. You ain't goin' nowhere."

Gregory Howard's Story

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Captain Kate

Timothy Donovan's Story

Joseph Schwartz's Story

Gregory Howard's Story