Freedman, R. (2010). Lafayette and the American Revolution. New York: Holiday House.
The book takes Lafayette from childhood, to marriage at a
very young age, to his burn to join the American cause in fighting for
Independence from England. Although he
missed his wife and children, he felt that it was his duty to travel to America
to help them fight for their freedom. He
has to fight for no pay and almost no commission having to prove that he could
obey orders and control a bunch of volunteers.
I think the appeal to teens would be the compact storyline of the events
that happened to Lafayette in his chance to prove to himself and his family
that he was worthy of holding a command and capable of winning battles. My favorite scene was when Cornwallis’ troops
were holed in at Yorktown and Lafayette had the common sense to wait until
General Washington arrived to begin the battle.
Had he taken the advice of the French commander, they ultimately would
have lost and the war would have battled longer. It was also interesting to see what the young
man looked like during all this. He was
a good looking man.
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