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Turner, Ann

When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia: What I Learned of Freedom, 1776

32 pp. | HarperCollins | January, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-06-027579-0 $$15.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-027580-4 $$16.89
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mark Hess. Narrated by young Ned, whose mother runs the boarding house where Thomas Jefferson stays in 1776, this story shows Ned's conversion from loyalist to rebel. The boy is influenced by Jefferson's personality, his spoken and written words, and a popular move toward that position. Finely detailed, if slightly static, illustrations interpret the text, which conveys a child's perspective effectively but ends somewhat abruptly.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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