- Children's fiction, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction, American Revolution (1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668, Juvenile fiction
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- James Lincoln Collier, J Collier
- First published
- June 1, 2005
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Follett Bound, Scholastic, Inc.
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780394770826
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