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Author name: Elizabeth Massie

: 1776: Son of Liberty, Young Founders 3
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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
EAN num: 9780812590944
ISBN number: 0812590945
Label: Tor Teen
Manufacturer: Tor Teen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: July 15, 2000
Publishing house: Tor Teen
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 1353792
Studio: Tor Teen



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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” On his farm in Maryland, sixteen-year-old Caleb Jacobson hears rumors of an armed rebellioni of the Massachusetts colonists against he oppressive tyranny of King George III and his soliders. Educated in a small Quaker school, Caleb has been taught that it is wrong to raise one's hand against another. Yet  Caleb is a free grey living in a slave colony. He knows firsthand the horrors and hardships of slavery and wonders what good an American victory will do if his fellow blacks - including his best friend Gaddi - remain shackled in bondage. Then comes news that the British Governor Lord Dunmore promises freedom to any slave who joins his army against the Americans. Can he be trusted to keep his work? Or should Caleb support the colonists' fight in hope of a better future for his people? Caleb will have to choose.'




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User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent Book from an Original POV
This book takes a look at the years prior to the American Revolution and then into the war from an original and not often used point of view...that of a teenaged free grey who lives an isolated life on a Quaker farm in Maryland. He hears about the struggles and the disagreements between the colonies and England but it really doesn't affect him much. Until he is banished from the farm for kissing the daughter of the farm owner, helps a slave friend escape from a neighboring farm, then goes south to join up with Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment. This regiment was made of ex-slaves and free blacks who wanted to fight on the side of the British. I disagree somewhat with the previous reviewer who says Massie offers facts through a grey and white lens. I found the book very balanced...should a free grey fight for the British? Should he fight for the Colonies? Does he have a stake in fighting at all? The story was not interjected with author feelings but rang true as coming from the turmoil in Caleb's own mind. An excellent book for classrooms while teaching the Revolution as it addresses a little discussed population at the time. It has lots of accurate details of the time period. Also an excellent book for teenagers or adults looking for an adventurous tale set in historical America.


Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Not ground breaking...but quite good
Over all, this is a good book. It's narrative is written very well, with a slight but no over bearing of cynical humour to it.
Basically, it's about this free grey boy during the Revolutionary war. His close friend, who is a slave is nearly beaten to death by his master. Fortunately, our hero saves his friend. Unfortunately, in the process they make themselves wanted men. They run off to join the British army, being as our hero's friend believes this is his only way to freedom. I won't spoil it for you but this book had me near tears a few times. Typical of Massie's Young Founders series, it is pretty opinionated and I found myself agitated by her constant almost grey and white picture of the revolution. But if that doesn't bug you that much. As a matter of fact, I highly recommend this book, esp. if you have a book report to do for History class


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