Coming of age and making history.
They went into 1776 looking for a fight. Little did they know how much it would cost them…
Six rich kids from around the globe join the Bostonian cause, finding love and treachery along the path to liberty.
A new perspective one on of history’s most fascinating moments.
Amply illustrated edition of a young-adult historical fiction novel.
My Review
The illustrations in this novel are fabulous and they really draw the eye and help to explain what is happening in the novel. I thought it was an inspired idea to have images in this novel as I know some children find it very difficult to picture a story in their head and they quickly lose interest in the book because of this. The chapters have also been kept incredibly short - again this would suit a younger audience and as the book is only 108 pages long it seems the perfect length.
There is a huge cast of characters in this novel and having six protagonists made this quite a challenging read, even for someone of my age! I thought the beginning of this novel was rather disjointed as we are introduced to each character and it did not flow as well as it could have. The other issue I could not get my head around was why the author decided to highlight certain passages in this novel, in the middle of the text. I found myself re-reading passages that I had already read which jolted me out of the story, and I think it would certainly jolt a younger reader out of it as well. Saying that however, the novel was enjoyable and the language was simple enough for its intended audience.
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Tom Durwood
Tom’s ebook Empire and Literature matches global works of film and fiction to specific quadrants of empire, finding surprising parallels. Literature, film, art and architecture are viewed against the rise and fall of empire. In a foreword to Empire and Literature, postcolonial scholar Dipesh Chakrabarty of the University of Chicago calls it “imaginative and innovative.” Prof. Chakrabarty writes that “Durwood has given us a thought-provoking introduction to the humanities.” His subsequent book “Kid Lit: An Introduction to Literary Criticism” has been well-reviewed. “My favorite nonfiction book of the year,” writes The Literary Apothecary (Goodreads).
Early reader response to Tom’s historical fiction adventures has been promising. “A true pleasure … the richness of the layers of Tom’s novel is compelling,” writes Fatima Sharrafedine in her foreword to “The Illustrated Boatman’s Daughter.” The Midwest Book Review calls that same adventure “uniformly gripping and educational … pairing action and adventure with social issues.” Adds Prairie Review, “A deeply intriguing, ambitious historical fiction series.”
Tom briefly ran his own children’s book imprint, Calico Books (Contemporary Books, Chicago). Tom’s newspaper column “Shelter” appeared in the North County Times for seven years. Tom earned a Masters in English Literature in San Diego, where he also served as Executive Director of San Diego Habitat for Humanity.
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