Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

Grandpa Herman tells the story to two of his enthusiastic grandchildren.

But a moment later, the sound of Charlie Samson's drum was swallowed in a wild thunder. The glorious scarlet troops had been ambushed. Men were dead and dying all around, and all the beauty was gone. All that was left was himself and his drum, and a few shady nightwalkers -- cowards who came crawling from the ditches and knaves who scoured the dead for wealth.

PJ is really looking forward to his birthday. His grandfather has promised to take him to opening day at the ballgame. So when his swim coach organizes a mandatory practice on the same day, PJ decides he'd rather quit the team.

At the same time, his new video game keeps turning on randomly and scrolling "One if by land, two if by sea," across the screen-and it's a game about robots, not the American Revolution.

Things get really weird when a freak storm transports PJ and his sister Sammy back in time to 1775 Boston. There they meet Copper, a colonial kid helping Paul Revere gather...

"An absorbing historical romance." "Booklist"

"Constance is an engaging, high-spirited heroine . . . A fine historical novel written with verve and fresh imagination." "Horn Book"

Runner-up for the National Book Award for Children's Literature in 1969, "Constance "is a classic of historical young adult fiction, recounting the daily life, hardships, romances, and marriage of a young girl during the early years of the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth."

Gideon Hawke is a fifteen year-old with problems. What does he want to do with his life? Should he go to college or get a job? The girl he likes couldn't possibly like him, could she? Her father sure doesn't

Then it happens: on April 19th, 1775 British troops march into Gideon's hometown of Lexington, Massachusetts, fighting breaks out, and Gideon is at war. Amidst savage fighting in Lexington, on the Concord Road, and on Breeds Hill, Gideon learns the hard way to be a soldier, and loses some of his closest friends. He is soon adrift and...