Boy Soldier

Kids, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fiction - YA
Cover of the book Boy Soldier by Brad Beals, Brad Beals
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Brad Beals ISBN: 9781465911193
Publisher: Brad Beals Publication: November 5, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Brad Beals
ISBN: 9781465911193
Publisher: Brad Beals
Publication: November 5, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

There lived a boy once, a very long time ago, whose name was Joshua. He grew up in the country, on a small farm far from the noise and close air of the city, and though he was a boy, he worked a man's day, so he was quite strong…

Part I
In which Joshua comes to a very big, very important understanding.

One day, this Joshua was at work in the fields loading bundles of grain onto a wagon when a peddler, leading a mule that pulled a wagon piled high with all manner of things, stopped at the fence by the road and shouted for the boy to come.

"I'm afraid I have no money to buy what you're selling," said Joshua when he was close enough to speak politely.

"Don't mind about that," replied the peddler. "Besides, what I want you to have you cannot buy, for in addition to being a peddler extraordinaire, I am also a servant of the King, and the King has called all who would to come at once to the city. Here." And the peddler held out a handbill—that's an old fashioned kind of flyer—that read:

Come!
Any who calls himself
my soldier, Come!
And be prepared
for war!

So begins the story of Joshua's preparation for warfare. Though as it turns out, his ideas and King's are as far apart as strange things can be...

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

There lived a boy once, a very long time ago, whose name was Joshua. He grew up in the country, on a small farm far from the noise and close air of the city, and though he was a boy, he worked a man's day, so he was quite strong…

Part I
In which Joshua comes to a very big, very important understanding.

One day, this Joshua was at work in the fields loading bundles of grain onto a wagon when a peddler, leading a mule that pulled a wagon piled high with all manner of things, stopped at the fence by the road and shouted for the boy to come.

"I'm afraid I have no money to buy what you're selling," said Joshua when he was close enough to speak politely.

"Don't mind about that," replied the peddler. "Besides, what I want you to have you cannot buy, for in addition to being a peddler extraordinaire, I am also a servant of the King, and the King has called all who would to come at once to the city. Here." And the peddler held out a handbill—that's an old fashioned kind of flyer—that read:

Come!
Any who calls himself
my soldier, Come!
And be prepared
for war!

So begins the story of Joshua's preparation for warfare. Though as it turns out, his ideas and King's are as far apart as strange things can be...

More books from Fiction - YA

Cover of the book The Diary of a Professional Experiencer by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Invierno en Viena by Brad Beals
Cover of the book L'héritage de l'Armageddon by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Bound by the Italian's Contract by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Blackwater Spirits by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Becoming NADIA by Brad Beals
Cover of the book The Old Rocker and the Healer by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Supplément au voyage de Bougainville de Denis Diderot (Analyse de l'oeuvre) by Brad Beals
Cover of the book 小泉八雲 全集5作品:雪女、耳無芳一の話、貉 他 by Brad Beals
Cover of the book The Golden Ticket by Brad Beals
Cover of the book The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Murder Takes a Turn by Brad Beals
Cover of the book Surrender to the Sea by Brad Beals
Cover of the book The Girl Who Slept with God by Brad Beals
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy