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    Surprise at Yorktown
    Surprise at Yorktown
    Surprise at Yorktown
    Ebook95 pages48 minutes

    Surprise at Yorktown

    By Marianne Hering and Nancy I. Sanders

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    Travel two centuries back in time to the final battle of the American Revolution at Yorktown, Virginia. Cousins Patrick and Beth sneak through trenches and race across battlefields to warn General George Washington about a dangerous spy. The spy is stealing his secret plans and giving them to the British. Cannons roar and the ground shakes as the struggle reaches a climax. Washington’s ragtag soldiers are up against the most powerful army in the world. Will Patrick and Beth witness the American Revolution come to an end? Or will they be caught in a dangerous trap they can’t escape?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTyndale House Publishers
    Release dateOct 16, 2014
    ISBN9781624052231
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      Surprise at Yorktown - Marianne Hering

      Prologue

      Whit’s End is an old house in the town of Odyssey. It has an ice-cream shop on the main floor. And it has a workshop downstairs.

      Mr. Whittaker owns Whit’s End. He is kind but also mysterious. He often works at the ice-cream shop. He also likes to invent things in his workshop. One of his favorite inventions is the Imagination Station.

      The Imagination Station lets kids travel to different places in history. They get to meet people from the past. It’s a lot like a time machine.

      Cousins Patrick and Beth have traveled to many exciting places in the Imagination Station. Their last adventures took them back to the American Revolution.

      First they met Paul Revere and saw the start of the Revolutionary War. Next Patrick and Beth landed on a large warship. They met a young American patriot named James Forten. He risked his life to fight at sea for his country.

      The cousins came back to Whit’s End. Still, Patrick was disappointed. They had gone to the American Revolution twice. But they never met George Washington. So Whit promised to send them on another adventure.

      Patrick and Beth could hardly wait to go!

      But they had no idea what they were going to face.

      Mr. Whittaker dispensing ice cream at the counter at Whit's EndChapter 1

      The Workshop

      Beth and Patrick raced each other to Whit’s End. They hurried to the basement.

      The Imagination Station sat in the center of the vast workroom. The machine looked like the front part of a helicopter. The doors on each side stood open.

      The cousins rushed to get inside the Imagination Station.

      I get to push the red button, Patrick cried.

      Not if I get there first, Beth said. She jumped over a broken TV to move ahead of Patrick.

      Whoa! Mr. Whitaker said. He held up his hand to signal them to stop.

      The cousins slowed down.

      But we’re ready to go, Patrick said.

      Mr. Whittaker stood next to his workbench. Aren’t you forgetting something? he asked.

      Patrick thought a minute. Please? he said.

      Mr. Whittaker chuckled. Saying ‘please’ is a good thing, he told them. But that isn’t what I meant.

      Our gifts! Beth said.

      That’s right, Whit said. Gifts is the word they used for the things Whit gave them for their adventures. The gifts helped the cousins in times of need.

      Whit’s workbench was cluttered with all kinds of things. Beth saw a hammer and several screwdrivers. Bits of wire and tiny springs were scattered all over.

      Whit lifted up a white cloth from the workbench. Underneath was a long, thin object.

      fife

      Beth gasped with delight. Is that a fife? she asked.

      Yes, it is, Whit said. He placed the fife in Beth’s hands.

      I have a recorder at home, Beth said. I learned to play ‘Yankee Doodle’ on it.

      Patrick shook his head and said, What’s the difference between a fife and a recorder? They look the same to me.

      The fife is a simple wood flute, Mr. Whittaker said. It’s held sideways. The recorder is held longways. And it has a full mouthpiece.

      Why did the Continental army use a fife for marching? Beth asked.

      The fife was easy to carry and use, Mr. Whittaker said.

      handkerchief

      Beth held the fife to her lips. She blew across the mouth hole. A soft, high whistle came out. She moved her fingers across the finger holes and slowly played "Yankee Doodle."

      Very good, Whit said.

      Whit handed the white cloth to Patrick.

      What’s this? Patrick asked.

      It’s a handkerchief, Whit said. People used these before paper tissues were invented.

      You mean to blow their noses in? Patrick asked, wrinkling his nose. Eww. Gross. He carefully lifted the handkerchief between his thumb and pointer finger.

      Don’t worry, Whit said with a chuckle. It’s clean.

      Beth thought Patrick’s handkerchief was an unusual gift. She wondered why she had been given a fife. She wanted to ask but knew she would find out in time.

      Can we go?

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