A Secret Party in Boston Harbor (Mysteries in Time)

Hemphill, Kris

ISBN 10: 1881889882 ISBN 13: 9781881889885

Publisher: Silver Moon Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Sarah Turner recalls the difficult times for her family caused by the British presence in Boston in the 1770s and the events leading up to the act of rebellion known as the Boston Tea Party.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Gr 3-4-Short, easy-to-read historical fiction set in Boston in 1773. Sarah Turner, 11, works with her parents in their King Street coffeehouse. She recalls the evening three years before when she left the house, witnessed the Massacre, and returned home safely, unnoticed. Luck continues to travel with Sarah as she defies the Redcoats and her parents by sneaking around, even participating in the Boston Tea Party, to find out who's been disloyal to the colonies. Hemphill includes lots of facts to give readers a sense of Revolutionary War history, but the story is forced. The overly heroic antics of young Sarah also weaken the book's validity. Uninspired black-and-white illustrations appear throughout.-Linda Beck, Indian Valley Public Library, Telford, PA

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About this edition

• Publisher: Silver Moon Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1881889882
• ISBN 13: 9781881889885
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 88
• Illustrator: Martin John, Van Pelt Daniel