Could a playful kiss on the cheek from a world-famous Revolutionary
War hero change the life of a troubled young girl in 1825 New England?
A Buss from Lafayette, called "a winning historical tale" by Kirkus
Reviews, shows how it could have happened.
The protagonist, Clara Hargraves (14) is ". . .a tomboyish, quick-witted
girl who ... makes the pages of the book come to life."- Red City Review
(paperback, e-book, audiobook, & teacher's guide available)
"A full scale history lesson disguised as a can't put it down story." I
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Gold Medalist (Middle School/Historical Fiction), 2017 Literary
Classics Award
1st Place Winner (Historical Fiction), 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book
Awards
Bronze Medalist (Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction), 2017 eLit Awards
Quarter Finalist, 2016 Booklife Prize (Middle Grade) One of the top 10
MG entries!
Seal of Approval Recipient, 2017 Literary Classics Awards
Named on the Grateful American Kids website as one of the best history
books for kids to read
Fourteen-year-old Clara Hargraves lives on a farm in Hopkinton, a small
New Hampshire town, during the early