Title: Five 4ths 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.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Fiction, History, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, United states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction
Places: United States, Connecticut
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783