Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary (My America)(Book One) - Softcover

Gregory, Kristiana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439369053 ISBN 13: 9780439369053

Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2002

Synopsis

Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. This book will be part of the re-launch of the My America series.

As tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots, Hope's life in Philadelphia becomes more confusing. Will Papa ever return from his voyage? Has he been killed, or worse become a Tory? When Hope's thirteen-year-old brother Ethan proclaims that he too is a Tory, it seems that the family is falling apart. Hope ends her diary sure that Papa and Ethan will return.

About this title

From Booklist:

Gr. 3-5. Part of the My America series, this story is set in 1776 Philadelphia, where nine-year-old Hope records events both large and small in her diary. The greatest worry is for her father, a patriot who has gone on a sea journey and is overdue. Other trials include school, where a nasty schoolmaster makes things difficult, and her brother's running away to become a Tory. The intense political developments of those days are sketched in via brief references to delegates and their work. The war's presence grows too, and by the story's end, Hope and her family must flee Philadelphia to stay at her uncle's farm. Gregory does an effective job of evoking the times; the hard work routinely done by young children may be an eye opener for today's readers. Story-wise, however, kids may be unhappy that the fates of Hope's father and brother are left hanging. Denise Wilms
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0439369053
• ISBN 13: 9780439369053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112