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Will Northaway & the Fight for Freedom (Paperback)By: Olasky, Susan
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About This Book
As the summer of 1765 winds down, the city of Boston heats upwith revolutionary fever. Passage of the Stamp Tax in London makeseveryone in town angry. Protests turn violent, and EbenezerMackintosh leads a mob to break into the British lieutenantgovernor's house, destroying the family's possessions.
Young Will Northaway tries to see the difference between thefierce anger of Mackintosh and his followers and the eloquent callsfor independence coming from Sam Adams. Both want to throw offBritish rule; so what's the difference between these men and whatthey want for the American colonies?
Will and his master leave Boston to escape the growinglawlessness, but soon trouble spreads to their new home, too.Through all of this, Will's master is becoming a man of faith, andWill tries to decide what he thinks about his master's God.
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