![]() ![]() With everything changing, is it any surprise that Jem changes too? Until an accidental discovery dramatically raises the stakes and war comes to Trenton. Whether that's helping her friend Nathaniel Moore or rebellion against the demand's of John Reid, it all seems a bit like a game. ![]() All Jem really wants to to somehow escape her tutor, the Tory John Reid, and do her part for what she sees as her country. Her elder brother is forming a regiment for the Continental Army and her younger brother wants nothing more than to join the fight as well. Trenton, New Jersey, in December 1775, is a place standing on the brink of change and Jem's family is no exception. ![]() In it we watch Jemima Emerson grow from a childish fifteen-year-old to a mature woman as she attempts to hold on to whatever parts of her life she can in the face of the chaos of war. Time Enough for Drums is a classic novel of the American Revolution. ![]()
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