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Title: Quality Historical Fiction of the Revolutionary War
Review: There are two main goals of the book. It is a means to relate the history of the first shots fired at the start of the American Revolution through historical fiction. It is also the story of a boy becoming a man. The book succeeds in both of its goals and is entertaining as well as thoughtful. Apparently it is a common book for high school curriculum; it's easy to see why. The writer does a quality job of presenting history through fiction and creating real-life characters in such a short book. While reading, you feel like you are there in the action. I have only a few minor issues with the book as it gets some of the history wrong. For example, it describes Founding Father Samuel Adams as an atheist--he was actually a believing Christian. Overall worth the read.
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