It is 1855 in Illinois, and tensions between slave abolitionists and those who were pro-slavery are at an all-time high. Even though this is a free state, bounty hunters get paid to retrieve people who have escaped. Sid Johnson, a young boy, is awakened by...

“Adventure is pretty exciting when you read about it, or maybe when you think about it afterward. But being in the middle of an adventure isn’t so easy.” Perhaps it is not easy, but the adventure awaiting readers in Sid Johnson and The Well-Intended Conspiracy...