The matchlock gun

Description:

In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.

subjects: Courage,  Fiction,  Frontier and pioneer life,  History,  Juvenile fiction,  Juvenile literature,  United States French and Indian War, 1755-1763,  Rifles,  Newbery Medal,  French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763) fast (OCoLC)fst01800886,  Children's fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, fiction,  award:Newbery_award,  lexile:860,  lexile_range:801-900,  age:min:6,  age:max:10,  grade:min:2,  grade:max:5

Places: New York (State),  United States,  Guilderland

Times: French and Indian War, 1755-1763,  French and Indian War,  1756