Caroline Takes a Chance
While Caroline is out fishing one spring day, she sees a British warship about to capture an American boat. With only an instant to decide what to do, Caroline takes a daring risk to try to save the day. She's been trying to be brave, like she promised Papa, but would he be proud of her now?...
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While Caroline is out fishing one spring day, she sees a British warship about to capture an American boat. With only an instant to decide what to do, Caroline takes a daring risk to try to save the day. She's been trying to be brave, like she promised Papa, but would he be proud of her now? Missing him terribly, Caroline visits their special fishing spot on the shore of Lake Ontario. She hopes to find comfort there--but instead she makes a startling discovery! The illustrated "Looking Back" section discusses transportation and medicine in the early 1800s.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781593698881 (1593698887)
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: American Girl Publishing
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
Series: American Girls: Caroline (#4)
After setting the war aside--for the most part, at least--in A Surprise for Caroline, Kathleen Ernst brings her readers back to the harsher reality of Caroline's life in Caroline Takes a Chance, the fourth book of the American Girls: Caroline sextet. Personally, I appreciate the return to the larger...