Anson's Way

It is the mid-eighteenth century, and young British subject Anson Granville Staplyton has traveled to Ireland, where his regiment has been sent to keep the king's peace. Anson has waited all his life for the day he would follow his father to serve His Majesty in the Staffordshire Fencibles. But the young drummer's notions of glory are shaken when he witnesses the violent injustices thrust upon the Irish people. Anson is torn even further when he meets an Irish hedge master who secretly teaches children the lilting language and history of their won country-lessons that it is Anson's duty to silence. Torn between family honor and his ever-changing sense of justice, Anson struggles to choose his own way in beautiful yet turbulent Ireland.

Author: Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 04/20/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780547237619

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.2
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 30835 / Anson's Way

About the Author
Schmidt, Gary D.: -

Gary D. Schmidt is the bestselling author of The Labors of Hercules Beal; Just Like That; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; and the Newbery Honor Book The Wednesday Wars. He is also coauthor, with Ron Koertge, of Styx and Stones. He lives in rural Michigan.