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Flight

by Connie Brummel Crook

A family search across Revolutionary-era Canada

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A family search across Revolutionary-era Canada

George Waltermyer is entrusted with the family farm as his mother and six siblings travel to New York to search for his father, Hans, who is undertaking dangerous missions for the British during the American Revolutionary War. Unwilling to remain behind, George sets out through the wilderness and across enemy lines after them. The journey places a family’s separation and reunion search within the hazards and divided loyalties of wartime, with a young protagonist making his own decision about where he must go.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in historical fiction set during the American Revolutionary War
  • Readers who enjoy stories about family separation and journeys through wilderness
  • Children interested in pre-Confederation Canadian history

Themes

Family loyaltyWartime dangerJourneys through wildernessPre-Confederation Canadian history

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Book overview

George Waltermyer is left behind to care for the family farm while his mother and six brothers and sisters go to New York to find their father, Hans Waltermyer. He has been leading dangerous missions for the British as the American Revolutionary War heats up.

But George decides he just can't let them go alone, and so he heads through the wilderness, crossing enemy lines, in search of his family

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