Five 4ths of July
By: Pat Raccio Hughes
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780670012077
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers; Fiction; History
Other titles: Five fourths of July
Description: On July 4th, 1777, fourteen-year-old Jake Mallory and his friends are celebrating their new nation's independence, but over the next four years Jake finds himself in increasingly adventurous circumstances as he battles British forces, barely survives captivity on a prison ship, and finally returns home to Connecticut, war-torn and weary, but hopeful for America's future.