The Fighting Ground
I read The Fighting Ground by Avi. It is a Historical Fiction/Children’s Literature. It is a Newbery Medal Winner.
The setting for The Fighting Ground in during the American Revolutionary war so it's in the united states. It takes place April 3rd and 4th 1778. There is only one main character which is Jonathan. Jonathan is a 13 year old boy who went to war without permission. He worked with his dad in the field. He was a very brave kid. He was not scared at all before the war started but as the war started, he got a lot more scared than the beginning but was very brave the entire time. He just wants to be like his older brother and cousin who are in the war. He is always trying to act older than he is. The plot of the story is …show more content…
He couldn't go but he didn't let Jonathan go either. When the war bell rings Jonathan's mom asks him to go check what it is but to come home the second he finds out but, he ends up going to war without permission. After they walked for a little bit they saw the German Hessians. Not knowing what to do, Jonathan ran away into the woods but there were 3 German Hessians chasing him. He ran as fast as he could and eventually he thought he had lost them so he crashed on the ground. When he wakes up later he looks around slowly to make sure they were gone. Of course he thought they were gone but he just wanted to check and to his surprise he slowly saw all 3 of them around him searching for him not knowing where he was. He kept thinking ¨what should I do, what should I do?¨ He finally jumped up with his hands over his head said ¨Don't kill me! Please!¨ With surprise the German Hessians didn't know what to do because they didn't speak any english and