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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.330924
EAN num: 9780590430524
ISBN number: 0590430521
Label: Scholastic Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 64
Printing Date: June 01, 1990
Publishing house: Scholastic Paperbacks
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 101461
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When 'Robert Shurtliff' enlists as a common soldier in the Continental army, no one suspects there is anything unusual about him.
The new soldier serves bravely for a year and a half. It is not until he is hospitalized with fever that his secret is discovered. Private Shurtliff is really a woman - 23 year-old Deborah Sampson!
Because her mother was too poor to take care of her, Deborah had been sent away from home at an early age. For ten years, she was a servant for the Deacon Thomas family in the Massachusetts Bay Colony town of Middle borough, looking after four growing c hildren and doing chores. Deborah was too busy even to go to school. Besides, in the late 1700's people didn't think schooling was important for girls - girls couldn't even learn a trade as men could.
Deborah longs for a life of her own. When she leaves the Thomas family at the age of eighteen, she is not ready to settle down and get married. She wants to see a bit of the wold very first - to travel to big cities like Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.
If she were a man, she could find adventure by joining the army...
How Deborah keeps her identity a secret during long, exhausting marches and bloody raids against the Tories, and how her bravery brings the admiration of her fellow soldiers, her commanding general, and finally her county, makes exciting, suspenseful reading.
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Response to Literature: The Secret Soldier
By Edith, Marisela, Joseph, & Rodolfo
This book is about a woman named Deborah Sampson who wants to have adventure. She is 18 years old. The woman wants to join the army. She had to dress like a man. Deborah Sampson had to change her name to Robert Shurtliff. That was her name in the army. She served for three years in the army.
Deborah had been shot one time in the leg and one time in the neck. Deborah had to struggle with many things. She married a farmer. She had three kids, and then she adopted one boy.
She had to leave her children because she was going all around the world. She talked about her adventure and what she had done in the army.
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If you have read the title of my review, you should realize that this is not one of my favorite books. Although short and mildly interesting and nearly gripping at the end, it is mostly boring for a person who already has good Revolutionary War knowledge. It also lacks many redeeming qualities. For example... the pictures are of low quality and are not historically accurate. In fact, the picture on page 42 just screams out, "Deborah was with the British and was shot by the Continentals."-- not the opposite. The problem is that the illustrator mixed up the hats of both sides. But most importantly ... WHY IS RED THE ONLY COLOR?! There are some good facts in this book and I recommend it for younger readers, but not for people who want advanced Revolutionary War facts and tactics.
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I think that The Secret Soldier was a decent book. However, I think that the book was too short and vague. It did not explain how Debrah made the clothes for war or prepare for the war. It also did not go into detail about what she did at Mrs. Thacher's. If I wrote the book, I would go into detail to help the reader "paint" the picture of the scene in their mind. I know that I learned a lot from reading this book. For example, I knew that war was hard, but I think that this helped me understand the hardships of war a lot more. In addition to this, The Secret Soldier went along with what we are reading very nicely (we are learning about the Revolution) As you can see, I do like the Secret Soldier, but I think that it is a book for a younger child.
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This book is interesting and exciting. It leaves you on the edge of your seat reading more just wanting to know what is next. At some points you are afraid what is going to happen. I would recommend this book for 6th-8th graders but most likely everyone would like the book.
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it was very vague and didn't give you a lot of information. It is a good book for a 3rd grader.
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