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Children's Fiction Pre-confederation (to 1867)

Escape

Adventures of a Loyalist Family

by (author) Mary Beacock Fryer

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2000
Category
Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Boys & Men, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781895681178
    Publish Date
    Sep 2000
    List Price
    $11.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554885275
    Publish Date
    Sep 2000
    List Price
    $6.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 7
  • Reading age: 9 to 12

Description

Plots, shots, flight, pursuit — all are part of this story from the exciting chapter in America’s history when thousands of Loyalists fled to Canada to evade the vengeance of the American Revolutionaries. Twelve-year-old Ned Seaman tells this lively tale of his family’s perilous journey. Escape may be fiction, but Martha and Caleb Seaman and their children actually existed.

About the author

Mary Beacock Fryer is a well-known expert on Upper Canadian history. She has written a trilogy on the Simcoe family: Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe: A Biography, Our Young Soldier: Lieutenant Francis Simcoe, 6 June 1791–6 April 1812, and John Graves Simcoe: 1752–1806, A Biography. Among Fryer's other books are Escape, Beginning Again, and Buckskin Pimpernel.

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Editorial Reviews

A straight-forward adventure story — exciting and fairly easy reading for eight to fourteen year olds.

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