Tree of Freedom

Rebecca Caudill

2015년 12월 · Open Road Media

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A Newbery Honor Book: During the Revolutionary War, a courageous pioneer girl fights for freedom

When thirteen-year-old Stephanie Venable moves with her family from North Carolina to a four-hundred-acre homestead in Kentucky, she knows they’re in for a great adventure. The family sells whatever belongings they can’t fit in their covered wagon, and begin the long journey west. But Stephanie has brought something special with her, an apple seed from their tree back home, just as her grandmother did when she moved from France to America.
 
In Kentucky, the Venables must fell trees, build a cabin, and prepare the land for crops. Being a pioneer is a lot of work, but it’s also very exciting: Stephanie and her family must grow, catch, or hunt everything they need to eat and survive. With the Revolutionary War also moving west, the family faces threats from British sympathizers and American rebels. Will freedom take root in America, like Stephanie’s young apple tree, or will the Venable family succumb to the hardships of frontier life?

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Rebecca Caudill (1899–1985) was born in Kentucky, and her childhood in Appalachia served as inspiration for much of her writing. She published over twenty books for children during her lifetime, and today they are praised for their authentic depictions of pioneer life. Caudill’s historical novel Tree of Freedom was a Newbery Honor Book in 1950.