Helen Hull Jacobs

Becky McLeod, an American, experiences several London air raids during World War II and decides to become a Wave so she can perform a job close to the war and allow the men of the Navy to go to sea and to the battle fronts.

Brief biographies of eight American women who have excelled in bowling, skating, diving, golf, skiing, swimming, tennis, or track.

A thirteen-year-old girl's personal needs conflict with the rigid guidelines her father feels she must follow to become a tennis champion.

A fourteen-year-old Virginia boy, told he is too young to fight with the Confederate Army, is wounded by a Yankee picket on his way home, returns again to enlist when he reaches fifteen and has recovered.