April Morning

April morning is the chronicle of one day in

the life of a 15 year old boy. His name is Adam

Cooper who is a courageous young man that has a

difficult relationship with his father, Moses.

Moses is a stubborn man who loves to argue about

anything. The father constantly bothers the boy and

hits him. Moses seems to want the boy to grow up to

be a man too early. He also has a hard relationship

with his grandmother who he calls "Granny". The

grandmother acknowledges god but constantly sins.

He likes to get into verbal debates with Granny and

discusses his lack of freedom. He tends to get

along with his mother rather well and connects with

her. He shows his love by giving her things and

helping her.

The story takes place in April 1775 in

Lexington, Massachusetts. One day the word reaches

the residents of the town that the British are

coming through on their way to a colonists'

ammunition dump in Concord. The people have a

meeting and decided to gather their weapons and

meet the British on the town green hoping to

convince them to leave Lexington alone. Moses and

his wife have a terrible fight over this decision.

She wants them to stay out of it and out of harms

way. Some of the people in the town also think that

they should attack them first. Before the men leave

the reverend of the local church speaks to them and

tells them to fear God. He thinks fighting will

only bring death and more destruction.

When the men arrive at the town green, the

British troops aren't in a talking mood. There is

fierce fighting and guns shots echo the land. When

the smoke clears, several men, including Moses,

lies dead. Adam, who had traveled with his father,

finds himself running for his life with only an old

hunting musket. Later he meets up with some

survivors from the town, and nearby towns, and over

the next 24 hours they all get a crash course in

war. Adams manages to fend off his home and kill

several officers, but he force of the British

advance to reach Concord.

By Kelleher