Sam is a 13-year old boy living with his parents in Pennsylvania in 1776. They live on the frontier where Sam spends most of his time in the woods hunting. Then one day a traveler arrives with news from the colonies. War has started and the Americans are fighting the British for independence. Soon, while Sam is off on a hunting trip, he senses something is wrong and rushes home. There he finds his house burned to the ground and his parents gone. They had been kidnapped and taken prisoner by Hessians fighting with the British. He begins to track them and discovers that his world has just become a very different, scary place. Paulsen concludes each chapter with a page of historical facts about some aspect of the Revolution, and in an afterward says that he wanted to remind people of the actual horrors of war. Fast moving and exciting, it's a great read. Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen. Wendy Lamb Books, 2010.
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