Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson is a 2003 historical novel by Ann Turner. Part of the Dear America series, the work is a fictional diary of a girl living during the time of the American Revolution.

Plot introduction
Diarist Prudence Emerson belongs to a Tory family living in the fictional village of Green Marsh, Massachusetts in 1774.

Plot summary
The narrator writes about clashing opinions with a Patriot friend and her family's difficulties in the tense social atmosphere. The family moves to Boston and encounter different challenges.

References to actual history, geography and current science
The family witnesses the Battle of Bunker Hill from across Boston Harbor.

Awards and nominations


Publication history
*2003, USA, Scholastic ISBN 0439153085, pub date 1 April 2003, Hardback
 
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