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Cradle of a Nation

 

Will & Davy

 

Quest for the Crown

 

Pepin's Bastard

 

Destiny's Godchild

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Will & Davy

a Colonial Virginia childhood

(ages 10-14)


From the house and fields of Greenfield Plantation to the halls of William and Mary Grammar School in Williamsburg, Will and Davy experience the joys and hazards of life in Colonial Viriginia.

 

Will's parents own Greenfield. Davy's father leads the workers in the tobacco fields. His mother is nanny in the Big House.

From playmates to students, to master and slave, they manage to overcome the prejudices and restrictions that surround them.

In an extraordinary relationship, Will and Davy also learn to respect and trust each other as friends.