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Title: Accurate depiction of 1777 action near Philadelphia
Review: As an author of 6 books on the Rev War, including 2 for young adults, I was very pleased to find that this book by Dorothea Jensen did not have any historical inaccuracies. So many best selling YA authors' novels are full of inaccuracies. Her descriptions of scenes/action/feelings in 1777, as related in conversation between the ghost Geordie and the main character Lars, were detailed, vivid and entertaining. I highly recommend this book for middle school students. The glossary at the back was helpful, and again, accurate. I would have preferred to have all sentences spoke by the ghost in italics, instead of only those that appeared in the final two thirds of the novel, to be consistent. - Gregory Edgar
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