Kathleen Duey

When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.

Still searching for her true identity and a safe place for her beloved unicorns, Heart joins a group of gypsies and finds that her collection of threads have magically woven themselves into a bracelet.

With his unicorn characteristics disguised beneath the beautiful armor created by Joseph Lequire, Moonsilver accompanies Heart on the journey to the place where Lord Irmaedith's men have taken the gypsies.

When her beloved Moonsilver, the unicorn, is nearly killed by a hunter's arrow, Heart sneaks back into her village to get help from the healer, Ruth Oakes. Danger awaits and Heart must flee with Ruth's gift-a silver thread-to protect her and Moonsilver.

The human and faerie worlds intersect as the faeries return to their meadow home near Lord Dunraven's castle.

Heart is convinced that the old man from Castle Avamir can help her find her family, but the old man has been taken prisoner by Lord Dunraven.

After a long hard winter spent with the gypsies, Heart and Moonsilver go in search of her home, Castle Avamir, whose directions are "higher than the clouds, deep in a valley, under the stars, and over the moon."

When her wounded brother returns from battle, twelve-year-old Mary must get help for him without telling her father, a wealthy Tory, who has disowned his son for joining General Washington's Continental Army.

Joined by Hiram the farmhand, Katie begins the journey west. At first, she is unsure if the Mustang will follow, but much to her relief, he seems to trust her. Soon, Katie and Hiram meet up with a large family who invite them to join their caravan. For the first time, it seems as though they might really make it to Oregon. But then tragedy strikes, and Katie finds herself having to choose between parting ways with Hiram, or abandoning her dreams of...

The ship is nearing Ellis Island. Arriving in America will mean seeing her father again after two long years, but Nell Dunne is still miserable. The journey has been awful; the food is stale and the ship is filthy. Has Nell endured the arduous ocean crossing only to end up being separated from her family?