| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780397320745 | | Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | | Publish Date: 4/1/1984 | | Buy.com Sku: 30062393 | | Item#: R5WFXC | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.75L x 0.75T |
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| | | | "It was the morning when Jonathan first heard the bell. He was standing in the warm, open field feeling hot, dirty and bored. His father, not far off, limped as he worked along the newly turned rows of corn. As for Jonathan, he was daydreaming, daydreaming about being a soldier..." (from the first line) "At thirteen, Jonathan dreams of fighting in the American Revolution. Almost by accident, he is recruited into a fighting unit and experiences the reality of war, including being taken prisoner and coming to grips with his feelings about shooting to kill".--School Library Journal. 1984 ALA Notable Children's Book; NCSS/CBC Notable 1984 Children's Trade Book in Social Studies; 1984 ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
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Thirteen-year-old Jonathan dreams of fighting in the Revolutionary War. Within 24 hours, his dream comes true--he is recruited and joins the battle, only to be captured by Hessian soldiers. He manages to escape and return home, but he has changed from a boy to a man, his dreams of glory shattered by the horrible reality of war.
| PraiseALAN Review
"A taut, fast-paced novel that builds to a shattering climax." |
| Author Bio| Avi Wortis is known to his readers simply as Avi. Raised in New York City, he was ironically assigned a tutor in high school to help him with his writing. His first novel, WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN, ANYWAY?, was published in 1992 while he was working as a librarian. Avi writes historical fiction, fantasies, thrillers, and comic novels. In 1991, THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE was named a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction. In 2003, CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD received the much-coveted Newbery Medal. |
| Awards |
Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award (1985) |  | won, Children's | | |
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