April Morning

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Summary: A good piece of revolutionary literature
Review: I think this book is one of the best books i've read. we had to read this book in school for english and social studies. it's a little boring at first but gets exciting in the middle till the end. if you like the revolutionary war you should read this book

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Summary: Starts off slow, but gets very interesting.
Review: I had to read this book for my language class at school, and from the ratings of the rest of the students, this book seemed as boring as watching paint dry. As I started to read it I was beggining to think the same thing, till I started getting deeper and deeper into the book. After about the first fifty pages, the book gets more and more stimulating. It made me want to read on, because I wanted to see what would happen with Adam and his trials. However, I think some teens will get a little bored at first, and will want to let the book just sit and collect dust, but read more into it, trust me it gets better!

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Summary: Pretty good book, especially for history lovers
Review: April Morning was a good book, with maybe a bit too much detail. But it accurately depicts the Battle of Lexington and Concord. I enjoyed it, although most people might not want to read it for entertainment. I had to read it for my eighth grade language class. This book was pretty good, and it was spiced up with a little bit of romance and the struggle of going to manhood.

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Summary: Nabad
Review: I must say that I am a history lover and liked this book. Being a big fan of the US revolution It had good descriptions of actual facts of concord and lexington. The book had good and interesting details but it seemed that this kid did not have any serious emotions and acted kinda like a wimp, which i didnt expect. coulda been better, coulda been worse

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Summary: It was ok. Not worth reading for enjoyment purposes.
Review: I read the book a couple of years a go and I saw the movie a couple of weeks ago, they were both bad. The main thing that I remember from the book is that the main character urinates his pants non-stop. I found that the book dragged on and included too many nonimportant details. The movie was a made for TV movie that I watched in my American History class. The acting was horrible.

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Summary: I did not like this novel, because of it's excessive detail.
Review: I had to read this book for high school summer reading and overall I hated it. There was too much detail and switching from the main character's thoughts to the events going on around him. There were times where the character's thoughts jumped around so much that it was impossible to figure out what he was thinking. The most entertaining part of the novel was the battles. These scenes were well thought of and well written. There was short and good detail about the transpiring events and the main character's emotions as he saw them transpire around him. I do not recommend this novel to teen readers, especially for enter tainment. I only recommend this novel for those who want to see an historical event as it occurs.

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Summary: boring for an 8th grader, good for a history lover
Review: When I read this book, I was going into an 8th grade English Honors class, and it was a part of the Summer Reading. I must say, that I hated this book. All of the details were too much, and just made the read slower and more uninviting. Even though it took me two months to get through it, I give it two stars because it did have a good plot. Not a lot of people decide to write about such a short period of time, and especially to base it on history.

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Summary: great book
Review: in the begining of the book it started boring but got interesting to be a very good book about a boy that needed to reach manhood.

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Summary: it was very good to the then end with all the contraversity
Review: it was very good to the then end with all the contraversit

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Summary: Teens see what it was like to live in Mass. in 1775
Review: As an eighth grade U.S. history teacher I use this book to supplement the curriculum. I like it because it allows my students -- who are close to the same age as 15-year-old main character Adam Cooper -- to experience the challenges and dangers of living in colonial America as the Revolutionary War looms. The book allows students to see how colonists' views changed as British soldiers went from being a simple annoyance in the cities to a threat to life and property throughout New England. Another aspect of the novel that makes it excellent for teens is that they relate to the struggles Adam has with his father, a stern taskmaster who Adam believes doesn't love him. The tale of Adam and his father is also an allegory for the colonies and Great Britain. I thoroughly enjoyed the book the first time I read it and haven't gotten tired of it after teaching it for four years. My students enjoy it also; it takes a while for them to get "hooked", but as soon as the British fire on the Lexington minutemen they can't put it down.