Sunday, February 8, 2009

A personal revolution

Citation:

Rinaldi, Ann. The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre. New York: Gulliver Books, 1993.

Annotation:

Rachel is a thoughtful teenage girl in colonized America who wants more from life than what her station of being a servant to John Adams’ family will allow. Orphaned with no other kin than an uncaring uncle, Rachel matures beyond her years in the tumultuous circumstances of British occupied Boston.

Review:

I really enjoyed this book because it relays the details of the Boston Massacre through an engaging personal story of an endearing fourteen year old girl. If you are a reader who is interested in learning about the history of Boston during the year or so before the revolution began through historically accurate details intertwined with a fictitious character’s emotional response to her situation, this book is for you.

Genre: Historical Fiction

(Image credit: www.annrinaldi.net)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This title is a fiction read in some private schools, especially for English Lit classes. I'm pleasantly surprised you found this! It's actually a classic. :-)