I was in a hurry this morning and thought maybe I should come back with some “real” info. 🙂 I am no history buff, although I enjoy history immensely. From what I can tell, these books are historically accurate. They present many major historical characters and events and really draw you into the time period. My dd (9 at the time, as I mentioned previously) read these to herself, but they would make great read-alouds. I think that at least some of them are great for boys, as well. I cannot remember specifically which stories, but at least one or two in American Dream feature both a girl AND a boy as the main characters. We are getting ready to do American History using Truthquest and SCM this year, and I was thinking as I read these earlier this summer how great they would be to read during our studies! Hope this helps!