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It's 1770, and the American colonies are on the verge of a revolution. The British king has sent his soldiers to Boston to keep the colonists in line. Tension is growing between the colonists and the soldiers, and it's only a matter of time before it explodes into violence. Will you: Participate in the protests as a young Boston apprentice? OR Defend your country's holdings as a British soldier? OR Experience the situation as a maid in the house of patriot John Hancock? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what side you're on and what to do next. The choices you make could lead you to survival or to death. In You Choose Books, only YOU can CHOOSE the path you take through history. What will it be?
About the author
Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.
