Woods runner

Type

Book

Authors

Paulsen, Gary

ISBN 13

9780385738842

Tags

American Revolution, Colonists, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Indigenous Peoples of North America, Iroquois, prisoners, rescues, revolutions, Self-reliance in teenagers, soldiers, Teenage Boys, Thirteen-year-old boys, Trackers, Tracking and trailing

Abstract

From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes.

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