Charlotte Tucker, the then future grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, is featured in this book. Charlotte, then 5 in 1812 faces her nation at war. She lives in the Boston area and resents the British blockade because of its direct impact on her life. Since many Patriots (New Englanders, citizens who have cut ties with England) have boycotted British products and businesses, many families did without certain items. Charlotte chafes at not having molassses, which was a treat brought across the Atlantic from England.
It's 1814 and five-year-old Charlotte Tucker lives with her family in the town of Roxbury, near the bustling city of Boston. Life in the Tucker's little house has always been pleasant and merry, but Charlotte's family worries more and more about the war that's been going on since 1812.Now the British have gone and blockaded Boston harbor, and that means no molasses for supper. Charlotte is just beginning to realize that events happening far away can change things at her very own dinner table.
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