Historical Fiction Reading Response- The Fighting Ground
Hazel Ann’s Historical Fiction Reading Response! In the book The Fighting Ground by AVI. The summary of the story is that Jonathan really wants to go to war, and finally he gets a chance to do so. Than he lost his team and the Hessian were going to hit him, but didn’t. After a little time he found his team, Jonathan had a hard choice to help the Hessian’s or kill them. He chose to help the Hessian’s because they helped him. The big idea of the story was trust and the theme was trusting someone might be scary. My connection to this is that whenever I trust my mom with something I feel a little scared at first because now it’s up to them to do what they’re suppose to do. I think that Jonathan was a little scared about the Hessian’s shooting him, but trusted the hessian more when he told him to come with them. ‘“Don’t shoot!” he cried. The soldier’s leveled their guns at him. He’s only a boy. “Come on, he’s so scared he’s making it into his pant...