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Lightning Time
A Novel
By Rees, Douglas
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-78942-458-7
- Publisher
- New York : DK Ink, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1997
Gr 6-8 When 14-year-old Theodore first encounters John Brown, the charismatic abolitionist's rhetoric appeals to him. While his Quaker mother is a pacifist and his father is not concerned with the unrest in other states, Theodore is ripe for following a man of action. He steals away to join Brown's volunteer militia. When he and the other fighters learn that they are to seize the weapons at Harper's Ferry and flee to the mountains to establish a republic to wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
