History class will never be the same! When five kids take a walk along Lake Levart late one night, a mysterious wooden rowboat beckons them aboard. As if in a trance, they all step inside. But what they don't realize is that this enchanged boat is headed backward in time -- to the time of George Washington. And their neighborhood lake has been transformed into the icy Delaware River on the eve of the battle at Trenton. How will they ever find their way back to the safety of their familiar suburban homes?As Matthew, Quentin, Hooter, Tony, and Katie experience the American Revolution firsthand and learn the sobering realities of war, Elvira Woodruff spins a compelling historic fantasy that won't soon be forgotten.subject: George Washington, fiction, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, space and time travel, friendship, friends.
year: 1991, 1999, 1993
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: washington, george, 1732-1799, time travel, fiction, united states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, fiction, 1775-1783, revolution, compact discs, audiobooks, historical fiction, space and time, juvenile fiction, juvenile fiction, fiction, historical fiction
Editions
Woodruff, Elvira
Scholastic (1991)
In the midst of a backyard campout, five children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
Schools: 38
Woodruff, Elvira
Recorded Books (1999)
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four other children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
Schools: 1
Woodruff, Elvira
Scholastic (1993)
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four other children find themselves transported back to the time of George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
Schools: 6
Elvira Woodruff
Scholastic
History class will never be the same! When five kids take a walk along Lake Levart late one night, a mysterious wooden rowboat beckons them aboard. As if in a trance, they all step inside. But what they don't realize is that this enchanged boat is headed backward in time -- to the time of George Washington. And their neighborhood lake has been transformed into the icy Delaware River on the eve of the battle at Trenton. How will they ever find their way back to the safety of their familiar suburban homes?As Matthew, Quentin, Hooter, Tony, and Katie experience the American Revolution firsthand and learn the sobering realities of war, Elvira Woodruff spins a compelling historic fantasy that won't soon be forgotten.subject: George Washington, fiction, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, space and time travel, friendship, friends.
Schools: 0
Woodruff, Elvira
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four other children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
Schools: 3