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Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever and young Isaac Pope come together in 1776 during Washington's retreat after the Battle of Long Island, and Ranger stays with Isaac while he slowly recovers from Smallpox--but Ranger's real mission comes later when Isaac is sent to spy out the Hessian troops' intentions before the Battle of Trenton.Tags
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{My thoughts} – Isaac and his friend Joe end up joining Washington’s army. They are young, but follow orders well. Isaac ends up sick with smallpox around the time Ranger joins the story.
Ranger stays with him well through out his time of healing. Once he is healed and better he rejoins the army where he’d left off. It does take him and Ranger a few days to catch up to them. Once they do though everything seems to work out alright for all involved.
He soon gets elected to be a spy and goes from side to side giving true and false information. The information he gives to Washington’s army is true. Ranger sticks around waiting everything out. He’s not sure when his job will be complete, but knows that when it is he’ll just know. show more In the meantime he’s going to continue protecting Isaac.
Towards the end of the book Isaac gets hurt. Ranger tries getting others to help, but they shoo him away. He eventually finds Joe and they get Isaac to a Doctor.
If you’d like to know what happens you’ll need to read the book. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. show less
Ranger stays with him well through out his time of healing. Once he is healed and better he rejoins the army where he’d left off. It does take him and Ranger a few days to catch up to them. Once they do though everything seems to work out alright for all involved.
He soon gets elected to be a spy and goes from side to side giving true and false information. The information he gives to Washington’s army is true. Ranger sticks around waiting everything out. He’s not sure when his job will be complete, but knows that when it is he’ll just know. show more In the meantime he’s going to continue protecting Isaac.
Towards the end of the book Isaac gets hurt. Ranger tries getting others to help, but they shoo him away. He eventually finds Joe and they get Isaac to a Doctor.
If you’d like to know what happens you’ll need to read the book. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. show less
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Kate Messner is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books for kids, including Capture the Flag, Over and Under the Snow, the Marty McGuire series, the Ranger in Time series (2(115), Wake Up Missing, and All the Answers (2015). Kate published Real Revision, her first professional development title, with Stenhouse in 2011. A former show more middle school English teacher, Kate earned National Board Certification in 2006 and is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences for teachers, librarians, and writers. Kate lives with her family on Lake Champlain, where she loves cross-country skiing, swimming, hiking, and reading. Follow her at @KateMessner on Twitter and visit her website at www.katemessner.com. show less
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- Night of Soldiers and Spies
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- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Tween, Children's Books
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- 813.6 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 2000-
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- PZ10.3 .M5635 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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