Young Tim Meeker learns some bitter life lessons when his sixteen-year-old brother goes off to fight with the Patriots in the Revolutionary War, while he remains home with his reluctantly Loyalist family in the Tory town of Redding Ridge, Connecticut.
year: 1974, 2005, 1985, 1996, 2008, 1988
call number/section: 1000, 1770, 6, 5, 4
subjects: united states, juvenile fiction, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction, newbery, family, juvenile fiction, family life, fiction, historical fiction, history, juvenile fiction, fiction, 1775-1783, revolution, families, large type books
Editions
Collier, James Lincoln
Four Winds Press (1974)
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Schools: 30
Collier, James Lincoln
Scholastic (2005)
Tragedy strikes the Meeker family during the American Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces,while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral, in a Tory town.
Schools: 7
Collier, James Lincoln
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (1985)
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Schools: 7
Collier, James Lincoln
Audio Bookshelf (1996)
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution, when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Schools: 5
Collier, James Lincoln
Audio Bookshelf (2008)
Young Tim Meeker learns some bitter life lessons when his sixteen-year-old brother goes off to fight with the Patriots in the Revolutionary War, while he remains home with his reluctantly Loyalist family in the Tory town of Redding Ridge, Connecticut.
Schools: 1
Collier, James Lincoln
ABC-Clio (1988)
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution, when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Schools: 0
Collier, James Lincoln
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Schools: 36
Collier, James Lincoln
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.
Schools: 1