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 wonderful July 14, 2008
My son needed this for a school report. It is a very good book for middle school revolutionary war study. It came a day sooner than expected, I got 2 day shipping and it came in 1 business day. Extremely satisfied with condition, speed and product.
 An anti-war novel about, of all wars, the American Revolution May 16, 2008
Maybe I don't read enough Revolutionary War fiction to have the best idea of its focus, but it seems to me that a good deal of it celebrates and romanticizes the war. And why not? It was freedom from oppression. It was the birth of nation. We know about Valley Forge and all of that suffering, but I think that too many people forget that the Revolutionary War was just that: a war. This story focuses on Tim, a young boy forced to grow up on the homefront. His elder brother Sam is an idealistic freedom fighter and his father is a loyal Tory--or maybe just someone who is anti-war. Tim is caught between them as the war rages on with all its ugliness.In the end, it's hard to tell whether this book is for or against the revolutionists who formed America. But that's not the point. The point is that it is the innocent who always suffer, no matter what the war's objective.
Easy read, well written, intriguing April 22, 2008
This is a great read for teens. I recommend for those who have not yet fallen in love with reading. Would have given 5 stars, but author fails to deal with some essential issues of that time.
revolutionary greatness March 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is a very interesting book. It talks about a boy named Tim who has trouble deciding if he was a tory or patriot.His brother goes to war as apatriot and leaves his family in danger by taking the brown bess from them. Tim hasn't experienced war yet, but he knows that his family are tories.His family makes there annual trip to verplanks point. He betrays his father to help Mr.Heron to deliever a letter. He meets cowboys who hate Tories. THey almost get killed. on the way back his father gets ambushed and gets set on a British prison ship and dies of chorela.War haa finally come to Redding ,Tim's home town. The British take the Rebel leaders and kill them.Later a execution is held at Redding. they were going to kill Sam.
revolutionary greatness March 7, 2008
It is a very interesting book. It talks about a boy named Tim who has trouble deciding if he was a tory or patriot.His brother goes to war as apatriot and leaves his family in danger by taking the brown bess from them. Tim hasn't experienced war yet, but he knows that his family are tories.His family makes there annual trip to verplanks point. He betrays his father to help Mr.Heron to deliever a letter. He meets cowboys who hate Tories. THey almost get killed. on the way back his father gets ambushed and gets set on a British prison ship and dies of chorela.War haa finally come to Redding ,Tim's home town. The British take the Rebel leaders and kill them.Later a execution is held at Redding. they were going to kill Sam.
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