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    <body><![CDATA[A very exciting French and Indian War story--it has all the elements of a great plot: a brave son, a heroic mother, a funny little girl, and an absent father.  I'm just annoyed that the book's foreword gave away an important element of the climax, so if you read this, skip the foreword and the jacke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32804572">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quick read, strictly from the Dutch settler family's point of view. A Newbery Medal-winner, yes, but a dated view of &quot;savage Indians.&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Newbery tale that was once popular and now is seen as wrong-minded. This is an old family story of a boy who saved his mother and sister from Indian attack in the early years of New York. The boy was able to fire off an ancient family gun and stop the invaders from destroying his family. I u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64824867">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This 1942 Newbery winner, based on true events according to the author's foreword, is about a Dutch family under attack during the French and Indian War. It's stirring and suspenseful, with descriptive writing that swept me right along. But if I were reading it to a child, I would have to hurry to e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70181830">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A third or fourth grader could probably handle it except the dutch names.  Good way to introduce colonial history beyond the British experience.  I would definitely put in some information about Indian vs. settler relations to help children understand the Indian side of the conflict.  The book only ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51580891">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite some pretty stereotypical images of Indians, there is an awesome scene where Gertrude gets a tomahawk in her back!  Boys would love the guns and the gore.  A surprisingly thrilling and brief historical fiction!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[prerevolutionary war times, brave boy w/a gun fighting indians.  subjects i'm not interested in, nor did this book inspire me to care.  winner during ww2, maybe that influenced the newbery committee.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Short. Lovely pictures, kind of an odd little story, that I'm sure gets blasted these d ays for not being politically correct. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it b/c of the Newberry award status, but I didn't care that much]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to Edward and his family. When his father was called away to watch for a raid from the north, only Edward was left to protect Mama and little Trudy. His father had shown him how to use the huge matchlock gun, an old Spanish gun that was twice as long as he was, but would Edward be able to handle it if trouble actually came?  This classic, first published in 1941, has an updated, kid-friendly format that includes the original black-and-white illustrations. ]]>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 05:31:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 17 05:35:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, the author managed to pack action and adventure in this quick read!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Matchlock Gun]]>
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    <![CDATA[In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to Edward and his family. When his father was called away to watch for a raid from the north, only Edward was left to protect Mama and little Trudy. His father had shown him how to use the huge matchlock gun, an old Spanish gun that was twice as long as he was, but would Edward be able to handle it if trouble actually came?  This classic, first published in 1941, has an updated, kid-friendly format that includes the original black-and-white illustrations. ]]>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 25 14:53:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not one of my favorite Newberry's]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Matchlock Gun]]>
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    <![CDATA[In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to Edward and his family. When his father was called away to watch for a raid from the north, only Edward was left to protect Mama and little Trudy. His father had shown him how to use the huge matchlock gun, an old Spanish gun that was twice as long as he was, but would Edward be able to handle it if trouble actually came?  This classic, first published in 1941, has an updated, kid-friendly format that includes the original black-and-white illustrations. ]]>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 31 08:47:28 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of an early colonial (1750s) family defending their home against an Indian attack. I found that some libraries had pulled it from their shelves because it isn't &quot;PC,&quot; but it's historical. The story is a true account handed down by family members. (I get so annoyed with hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28872585">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to Edward and his family. When his father was called away to watch for a raid from the north, only Edward was left to protect Mama and little Trudy. His father had shown him how to use the huge matchlock gun, an old Spanish gun that was twice as long as he was, but would Edward be able to handle it if trouble actually came?  This classic, first published in 1941, has an updated, kid-friendly format that includes the original black-and-white illustrations. ]]>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 11 13:07:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A story depicting a historical event that is not as well-known as others in American history, the French and Indian War. A good opportunity to introduce this event, as well as to discuss topics such as slavery and the tension between Europeans and Native Americans. (Newbery)]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Matchlock Gun]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was in 5th grade and for some reason I have never forgotten it. I can't remeber much about it aother than enjoying it, so I give it 3 stars and say it is worth reading. And if evrr I see this book again I will most deffinently pick it up and read it again.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[CIP: In 1756, during the French and Indian War in Upper New York State, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Newberry Award winner in 1942.  It has a great message of a young boy's courage to protect his family from Indians on the frontier.  Keep in mind the date written and time period.  Enjoyable old fashioned children's book. Quick read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was hard to finish even one chapter sometimes. But I have to give it three stars because I got into more of  the ending than the beginning.]]></body>
    
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