Reviews, Awards, Honors: The Fighting Ground

Reviews:

School Library Journal:

“The years is 1778, and 13-year-old Jonathan longs to go off to fight the British . . . a vivid telling in a brief and intensely personal moment of history in which a young boy grows up much too fast.”

Awards and Honors:

Scott O'Dell Award, Best Historical Fiction, 1984
ALA Notable, 1984
ALA Best Books for YA, 1984
Bologna, International Book Fair, White Raven, 1984
Notable Children's Trade Books in Social Studies, 1984
Jefferson Cup Award Honor Book, Virginia Library Assoc, 1985
Book of the Month, 1984 PCRRT
ALA Best Books Hi-Lo, 1984