Rinaldi, Ann. A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick. NY: Harcourt, 1991.
ISBN: 0-15-200573-0; $15.95 US; Hardback.
AWARDS/HONORS/REVIEWS
Booklist Reviews: "A suspenseful read with enough everyday detail to make it realistic and enough adventure to make it exciting."
"A suspenseful read, realistic and exciting."
Children's Literature Review: "This is an exciting, adventurous story...entertaining and historically accurate."
ANNOTATION:
Based on real historical events during the Revolutionary War, two young women are caught up in the throes of a mutiny while sheltering soldiers on their farm.
BOOKTALK:
Tempe Wick. The officers camped outside their front door just say her name and start to swoon. Yet, 14 year old Mary Cooper can't stand her older cousin, Tempe, who acts like she is too high and mighty to care about the war going on outside their front door. While Mary secretly takes food to her soldier friends in camp and learns about the heroic actions of General Washington, Tempe just spends her days complaining and riding her beautiful horse, Colonel, for hours. Why can't the officers see the mean side of Tempe that Mary sees everyday, instead of falling head over heels in love with her as soon as she looks at them?
Yet, the hushed whisper of the word, mutiny, is about to change everything; including the real feelings raging inside Tempe. Is Tempe going to allow the mutinous soldiers to borrow Colonel for one night, in order to make their demands in front of the generals? If so, how can Mary put a stop to it?
Ann Rinaldi has won numerous awards for her historical fiction, and once again shows readers that history can have excitement and intrigue. You will never look at the Revolutionary War with the same eyes as you saddle up for A Ride into Morning.
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