Nancy's Story 1765 - Young Americans Author:Joan Lowery Nixon Twelve-year-old Nancy Geddy is concerned that the regulations of the Stamp Act will cause her friend Tom to lose his job as an apprentice at her family's foundry. Meanwhile, the illness of Nancy's critical and complaining stepmother, Elizabeth, may prevent the young girl from attending her grandmother's Christmas ball. Will Nancy be ... more »able to accept Elizabeth as her new mother?« less