On the Edge of Revolution

by Deborah Kent

Book Overview

Eliza Carter loves working for her father during the summer holidays. She drives her own team of horses, led by her special Conestoga horse, Clipper, hauling heavy wagons full of grain. But life changes dramatically when tensions in the new colony begin to rise and her twin brother joins local farmers in armed resistance against their British rulers. Suddenly she finds herself examining her beliefs and loyalties. Where will she stand when national...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753460009
• ISBN13: 9780753460009
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Kids know best in this historical fiction

I was looking for historical fiction around the American Revolution. This book had some good descriptions but I was unimpressed with the relationships of the book. As typical for books written after a certain date, the kids know best and they teach the parents. Also, the heroine is a tween girl who has the responsibility of making deliveries on horseback in colonial America by herself...not something that I think would have happened then or would be safe. As an adult, this is not what I want my kids to read regardless of the historical setting.