Pathways to 1744 – The Great Awakening. Slavery confuses Caroline Allerton. The compassionate twelve-year-old can't understand why her friend was given a young slave as a Christmas present, nor why her friend mistreats the miserable Caribbean girl. Caroline also befriends a little girl who lives with her mother in the poorer area of Boston. Caroline's actions are greatly misunderstood by her friends and she discovers that she must make difficult choices to stand for what she knows is right. This compelling historical story explores both the Great Awakening and the early stirrings of the abolition crusades. Readers will experience the way in which the Great Awakening drew masses of people into making strong personal conversions to Christ.