The Fighting Ground (ISBN 0064401855) is a 1984 children's book written by Edward Irving Wortis, under his pen name, Avi. The book is about a 13-year-old boy going off to fight in the American Revolutionary War, and covers two days, April 3, 1778 and April 4, 1778.
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- The Fighting Ground by Avi
It's about a young boy named johnathan who wishes to go to war. Setting The story takes place in New Jersey on April 3 and 4 in 1778. The Revolutionary War has begun, and the American colonists are fighting for their independence from Britain. In addition to the British forces, the Americans fight the Hessians, German soldiers hired by Britain. Small towns prepare their own brigades to join the fighting whenever necessary. News travels by word of mouth, and the ringing of church bells signals any urgent matters, calling the townspeople to the village squares.
