Early Thunder

Title: Early Thunder

Author: Jean Fritz

Grade Level: 5&6th

Sometimes it can be hard to imagine what life was like "back then." Sometimes, with the help of a talented author, the imagining can be quite simple. "Early Thunder" makes it simple. Jean Fritz has created the story of a fourteen year old boy, member of a Tory family, who is wrestling with his own personal beliefs before the beginning of the revolutionary war. Daniel has decisions to make that will not be easy. Prepare to find yourself in the midst of those decisions, wrestling with them as if they were your own.