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Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100618150765
ISBN-139780618150762
eBay Product ID (ePID)1982995
Product Key Features
Book TitleCalico Captive
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicAnimals / Cats, General, Girls & Women, Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorElizabeth George Speare
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Reviews"Vital and vivid, this short novel based on the actual captivity of a pre-Revolutionary girl of Charlestown, New Hampshire, presents American history with force and verve." Kirkus Reviews "Superior historical fiction." Horn Book "Convincing historical romance set during the French and Indian War." Booklist, ALA
Grade FromFifth Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisIn the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War. It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sister's baby, Captive, born on the trail. Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history., In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War.It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sister"s baby, Captive, born on the trail.Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history.
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