This story of the Revolutionary War is told from the
perspective of a 13 year old boy. Samuel spends his days in the forest,
hunting for food for his family. He has grown up far from any town, or news of
the war. Soon, the war comes to him as the British Army and Iroquois
attack his home and take his parents away as prisoners. Each day he confronts the enemy, and the
tragedy and horror of this war.
The depiction of war and how impacts
both soldiers and local families is realistic and somewhat graphic, so
squeamish people might squirm. The
fictional story of Samuel is told with alternating non-fiction chapters telling
historical notes that illuminate the sobering realities of the
Revolution and add some enlightening context of the conditions, (prisoners of war
were fed by their families as their captors weren't expected to be fed by their
captors until the 1900's) This is a
quick read that, not being raised in America, educated me on how things were
for soldiers and families during this time.
Nemesis by Philip Roth
