| Author: | John Wilson | ISBN: | 9781466094031 |
| Publisher: | John Wilson | Publication: | August 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Wilson |
| ISBN: | 9781466094031 |
| Publisher: | John Wilson |
| Publication: | August 15, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
The Caught in Conflict Collection is an imprint of fast-paced, historically accurate, morally-complex quick reads for Adults and Teens. They can be read in any order.
Jack O'Hara's parents are dead of cholera so he's farmed out to an aunt he's never met on the other side of the world from the Canada of his birth. He finds himself adrift and confused in a different world where everything—the sights, smells, food, customs, the complicated caste system—are radically different from what he is used to. But he's excited to learn. Trouble is, he may not live long enough.
In the summer of 1857, northern India exploded in rebellion. Massacres become a regular occurrence and suddenly Jack and 1,000 soldiers, women and children find themselves fighting for their lives in a barren, inadequate entrenchment on the bare plain outside the city of Cawnpore. They expect relief any day, but as the siege drags on and the death toll rises, despair takes hold.
Eventually, there is only one chance left for the survivors, surrender and trust that the rebels will supply boats on the Ganges River to allow them to escape.
As Jack, his friend Tommy, and Alice, the girl he suspects he is falling in love with, stagger down to the river, they are about to be engulfed in a horror that, despite all they have been through, they can barely imagine. Will any escape?
"This is an absolutely terrific book…Never lagging with a credible hero and an exotic setting which should engage both female and male readers…The pacing is flawless." Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction Jury Citation.
"…the tension and action of the battle and the intense danger of the …massacre will keep teen readers turning these pages." Quill & Quire.
The Caught in Conflict Collection is an imprint of fast-paced, historically accurate, morally-complex quick reads for Adults and Teens. They can be read in any order.
Jack O'Hara's parents are dead of cholera so he's farmed out to an aunt he's never met on the other side of the world from the Canada of his birth. He finds himself adrift and confused in a different world where everything—the sights, smells, food, customs, the complicated caste system—are radically different from what he is used to. But he's excited to learn. Trouble is, he may not live long enough.
In the summer of 1857, northern India exploded in rebellion. Massacres become a regular occurrence and suddenly Jack and 1,000 soldiers, women and children find themselves fighting for their lives in a barren, inadequate entrenchment on the bare plain outside the city of Cawnpore. They expect relief any day, but as the siege drags on and the death toll rises, despair takes hold.
Eventually, there is only one chance left for the survivors, surrender and trust that the rebels will supply boats on the Ganges River to allow them to escape.
As Jack, his friend Tommy, and Alice, the girl he suspects he is falling in love with, stagger down to the river, they are about to be engulfed in a horror that, despite all they have been through, they can barely imagine. Will any escape?
"This is an absolutely terrific book…Never lagging with a credible hero and an exotic setting which should engage both female and male readers…The pacing is flawless." Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction Jury Citation.
"…the tension and action of the battle and the intense danger of the …massacre will keep teen readers turning these pages." Quill & Quire.
