April Morning

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Summary: April Morning
Review: I think I should be honest in writing this review for the book "April Morning". I thought that this was the most boring book that I had ever read. While this book is boring, the writer, Howard Fast, uses many details and he is a very good writer. Howard Fast writes very descriptively about the battle, and in debth of a families point of view. I enjoyed how Howard Fast described the grandma's time of panic when she had just heard that he son was shot. I found it very detailed and descriptive, it was also, what I think of as the best part of the book. Most of the boys in my class enjoyed the book because it was about a war. But I think that at times there was a little to much information given out, for example when the soilder got shot and some of his brains came out. While disscussing this book in my reading class, we stumbled upon a very interesting and conterversal subject. That subject is, should this book be read by 8th graders because of the language usage. Many parents disapprove of this book, while few think that since most children have already said the cuss words that it is okay for them to read it. I was wondering what everyone thinks about this book being approiate. I only gave this book two stars because of the detailed description.

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Summary: good book for everyone
Review: I read this book in my B2 class and i thought that it was reat. Howard F. uses great detail to capture the reader. He makes you seem like you are there and actually in the battle. His way of writing is a little confusing but it is easier to re-read parts to help you understand. Fast is a very good writer who is discriptive and uses resources to make it more accurate than some other writers i've seen do.

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Summary: It's well-written, but not one of my favorites
Review: I was assigned this book for school. It was one of the better books that we have been assigned to read, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed other books. I felt that this book was well-written and it wasn't terrible to read, but it didn't really make me want to keep reading. Adam's character was very relatable though. I think that it was because he was around my age and he went trough some of the same problems as people our age go through. Such as his relationship problems with Ruth. All in all, I feel that this book was okay, if you like historical books. I personally do not.

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Summary: All right
Review: This was a pretty good book. Even though the genre was a little bit boring, historical fiction, Howard Fast made this book seem real and did a very good job with descriptions. This whole book takes place over the course of not even two days so ofcourse it has some irrelevant events and descriptions but those just add to the overall feel of life in the 1700's. The book is about Adam Cooper, who lives in Lexington, Mass. The British are coming and Adam and other committeemen and farmers fight against them. First they just get massacred, the details are gruesom and Adam runs away. Also, I don't want to give anything away but his father gets killed. But later the farmers have a larger force and ambush the Redcoats taking out many and losing few of their own. It is kind of boring in the beginning but towards the battles it gets exciting, and you just want to know what is going to happen next. This book also has some romance. And shows Adam's progression from boyhood to manhood.

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Summary: April Morning
Review: I read the book April Morning in my 8th grade reading class. I thought that it was a very good and interesting book. The things that Adam went through are not what all kids today go through so it was interesting to hear about his problems. How the author described each battle that Adam was in, was great, you could picture everything that was going on in that scene and you understood what Adam was thinking. When I first started the story I thought it was kind of boring but when the battles started the story became much more interesting. The story came to an end that may make the reader think what Adam would do if there was a sequel. In conclusion, I believe that the story April Morning was a very good story and it deserves four stars.

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Summary: April Morning
Review: I thought that April Morning was a good book. I like they way that Mr.Fast wrote this book and the detals that he used about what happened the morning of April,19.1775, my favorite part of the book was when Adam ran from the British and hid in the smoke house and Levi found him in there and they were talking. that was my favorite part because i think that Adam handdled that very well by staying calum and trying to get Levi to calum down and stop crying and told him to go home and tell everyone that everything was going to be ok and that he would be home as soon as it was safe. When there weren't any "red coats" around! thats why i gave April Morning a 4

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Summary: A Book that puts you in the spot of battle
Review: This book was absolutely fantastic. It had many discriptive parts to it which gave me a clear view how it would have felt do be in Adam Cooper's shoes. Adam had to suffer the pain of watching his father fall to the ground helplessly. This part brought tears to my eyes, but he put in impact on the other people of Lexington which boosted them forward to beat the British in this exhausting war. Adam Cooper lived through much sadness and killing and was the star of this book.

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Summary: Cat Nap
Review: We had to read this book for reading class and the book was one of the most boring book that I had ever read. The author is a very good writer. Howard Fast writes very descriptively about the battle. I think that for his next book he should write a book that will capture the intrest of the teenage students. Most teenagers are not interested in learning about Historical fiction. So the reason that I gave this book a three was because it was witten well on a boring subject.

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read.
Review: This was one of the best books I have ever read in my whole entire life. It tells the tale of a boy that has to change his whole course of life because of the Battle at Lexington. Although the beginning was slow, everything after that was action packed. I would try to reccomend this to all of my friends.

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Summary: "Alot of changes"ÿ
Review: Hi this is ELise and my English class was reading this book. I was reading it and I thought WOW what a great story. The characters changed in every way possible. A very sad ending. I think the author should make a sequal