I haven’t read a Tales of a Revolution book in several years and decided to check out Lars D. H. Hedbor’s latest. Turns out he’s completed THREE in that time. So I grabbed The Convention. In our fast-paced world with its fast-paced plots, I had to reacclimate to Hedbor’s style. His books are not blood-and-guts […]
Time Enough for Drums, by Ann Rinaldi, 1986, Book Review
Ann Rinaldi has become a household name in YA historical fiction, and this is one of her most acclaimed books. It’s been on my reading list for some time. The year is 1775, and fifteen-year-old Jemima Emerson is a headstrong young lady. She’s not a bad child; she simply doesn’t think before she acts, and […]
The Time Pirate: A Nick McIver Time Adventure (Book Two), by Ted Bell, 2010
Nick’s adventures continue. The Nazis have invaded France, Poland, Belgium, and Holland. England has declared war on Germany. Winston Churchill is the new Prime Minister of England. America has promised aid to England. And the first of four tiny Channel Islands has fallen to the Nazi invasion. Will Nick’s island be next? Not if he […]
Hanukkah at Valley Forge, by Stephen Krensky, 2006, Book Review
Most stories that bring history to life are okay in my book, but this one which blends the American Revolution with a much more ancient rebellion, is excellent. Within, George Washington, while looking out over his suffering troops at Valley Forge, sees a light burning in one shelter and finds a young Jewish soldier celebrating […]
The Prize: Tales from a Revolution: Vermont, by Lars D. H. Hedbor, 2009, Book Review
On the border between New York and Vermont lies Lake Champlain, like a 125-mile-long wedge cleaving the two states apart. Its northern end has access to the all-important St. Lawrence River; its southern end nearly reaches the Hudson River. During the centuries in which water travel was far superior to overland, this waterway was invaluable. […]