Summary Of Time Enough For Drum By Ann Rinaldi

I read the book Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen. Woods Runner is about a 13 year old boy named Samuel whose parents get kidnapped in the Revolutionary War. His parents have been taken to New York City and Samuel has to go there to find them. He goes on the path to New York and meets unexpected allies.

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis is an episodic recount of six pivotal moments in post-revolutionary America’s history. The book follows Abigail Adams, John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington through these events. The author seeks to show not only the outcomes that occurred in them, but to give in detail deeper thought about the thinking and actions that lead to those outcomes.

“Dog Tags: Divided We Fall” by C. Alexander London is about a boy who’s brother is lost in the Civil War. Andrew is the boy who lost his brother in the war. His brother went to the war even though he was under age. He was lost in action and can’t be found. Andrew’s brother Julius was sending letters then stopped. Andrew was upset and wanted to go find him but his parent wouldn’t let him. So then Andrew did the unthinkable, he snuck off and went looking for his brother. He found a dead man and took his uniform. Andrew was looking for Julius for a while when he thought to look at Mary’s, his brother’s love’s, house . He found Julius there and they had to take the long journey home. When they got home they had a big meal and got through the war

The title of my book is A Boy At War which is a novel of Pearl Harbor. The author of my book is Harry Mazer. The setting of A Boy At War was located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The time period of the book was December 7, 1941 and around the attack on Pearl Harbor. The main characters in this book is Adam Pelko, His father Emory Pelko, Marilyn Pelko, and Bea Pelko. Adam is a high school student, a military kid, good at sports, lives in New York, and has dark hair. Adam's father is Emory who is a Lieutenant commander of the Navy who is assigned to the ship Arizona. Adams mother who is Marilyn is a navy wife and is Adam and Bea's mom. Another character is Bea who is Adam's little sister. The summary of the book is that Adam meets a new friend named Davi

A little ten year old boy was taken as a prisoner of war. He was snatched out of his life and destined to die while others lived. His death actually happened in history, but also in the novel, My Brother Sam Is Dead. It is the year 1775, the Revolutionary War is just stirring among the people. The narrator is Tim Meeker, the youngest son in a family that runs their tavern in the town of Redding. The Meeker family goes through many sufferings at the cost of war. His older brother, Sam is a Yale student who goes to war to fight the British against his father’s wishes. Through the course of the book, many sufferings arise in Redding. Life gets tougher and the Meekers experience the hard reality of war. The authors are against war because they

The book 1776 by David McCullough tells the story of the military aspects of the American Revolution. McCullough writes the book from both the British and American point of views, creating a better understanding of what both sides were undergoing during the war.

The woods runner by Gary Paulsen was written to show some reality of the Revolutionary War. The story is of a young thirteen year old boy named Samuel, whose life changes in an instant. All caused from this great war. He didn’t even war was happening until a few days before it impacted his little settlement. The settlement is in Pennsylvania on the edge of a forest. Samuel loves the forest and finds pride in being a great hunter for his settlement. While out hunting Samuel can see that something is wrong when he sees smoke coming from home. When Samuel returns home he finds nothing but death and destruction. Houses burnt, bodies everywhere. It seems to Samuel his parents have been taken prisoner, so he decides he is going to be the one to rescue

The ship was cold and food was scarce. It was no condition for a little ten year old boy. He was a prisoner of the war with little hope. Snatched out of his life he was helpless and was destined to die while others lived. He asked to himself, “Why me? Why not someone else?” His death actually happened in history, but also in the novel, My Brother Sam Is Dead. It is the year 1775, the Revolutionary War is just stirring among the people and around the life of the narrator, Tim Meeker. Tim is the youngest son in a family that runs a tavern in the town of Redding. The Meeker family goes through many sufferings at the cost of war. His older brother, Sam is a Yale student who goes to war to fight the British against his father’s wishes.

The main character in the book The Woods Runner. A 13teen year old boy named Samuel who is living during the revolutionary war. A mom who I guess is 42 years old and her name is Annie who was almost killed but she was spared so her husband can play some chess.The dad who no one knows his name just wants to see his son again and wants to be happy again. Samuel has traveled for so long looking for his parents.

Maureen Davis - “Great book depicting the true story of a young man that volunteered to fight for his country. Written with a dose of self humor. I enjoyed it front to back and recommend it to anyone interested in the life of a revolutionary war solider.”

In The Red Badge of Courage, Henry shows immaturity by enlisting in the army and being naïve about the war. Henry explains that since he was young, he dreamed about the war of the bloody battles that the soldiers fought in. He thinks fighting in a war will make him a hero and achieve glory. He enlisted in the army, although his mother opposed the decision. However, when he makes it to the camp, he had to wait many weeks in the camps until he was called up to battle, and he started to doubt his place in the army.

David McCullough author of 1776 puts faces and feelings to the events of the Revolutionary war making this an exciting novel even when the ending is known. Acting as a companion to an earlier work of McCullough’s, John Adams, 1776 is a strictly military view of the era versus political. Although the reader may have to get accustomed to the vast amount of characters introduced McCullough makes sure that those you are supposed to remember you will. Every character introduced is described incredibly well and throughout the novel you begin to feel as if you know the character and are going through the battle with them, specifically General George Washington with whom the reader emphasizes constantly with throughout the war.

Ordinary courage is a book that tells the story of an ordinary man who is inlisted in the continental army in the revolutionary war. Joseph Plumb Martin is the young man fighting in this war, at the time he entered he was just a mere 16 year old kid but by the time his time in the continental army was up he became a man. This is a first person memoir of what it was like for a regular person living in a war zone, and dealing with the everyday fears of food shortage, low morale, and danger of attack. This is something that many people in todays world could not handle because even some of the old guys in the

Joseph Simmons A monster of a man with a heart of gold. This is how I picture Joseph Simmons from April Morning by Howard Fast. This book is about the first battles of the Revolutionary War. It is seen through the eyes 15-year old Adam Cooper.

In the book, Navigating Early, by Clare Vanderpool, connections are made between a few of the characters through family relationships and occupations, creating a story about a young boy named, Jack, and his adventure with his classmate, Early, across the mountains in Maine. While Early goes in search of his brother, Fisher, who supposedly died in the war. Jack, on the other hand, goes to escape the boys boarding school since his father, Captain Baker, didn’t show up to take him on a trip for spring break and was left alone at the school.