Tug of War — Barbara Scott

1855: A lively performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin produced by anti-slavery settlers in the Kansas Territory is attacked by Missouri Border Ruffians resulting in the deaths of Elias and Tabitha Perry.

Now their children, Simon, 13, and Lilibet, 6, must find a way to survive and return home to their beloved Philadelphia. Tensions heighten when Simon finds Reine Sutton, 13, shot and left behind by the raiders.

Will Simon follow his father's teachings of forgiveness and non-violence or succumb to his community's desire for revenge? Surrounded by the history-changing events that would become known as Bleeding Kansas, what will he do to protect Reine and his little sister?