The Fifth of March
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The Fifth of March is a 1993 novel about the Boston Massacre (of March 5, 1770, pre-Revolutionary War) by historian and author Ann Rinaldi, who was also the author of many other historical fiction novels such as Girl in Blue and A Break with Charity.
This book is about a young fourteen-year-old indentured servant girl named Rachel Marsh who finds herself changing as she meets many people, including young Matthew Kilroy, a British soldier.
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Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, a servant for John and Abigail Adams, while seeking for a place and yearning to self-educate herself through books in order to free herself from her over-bearing Uncle Eb, one day meets a young British soldier named Matthew Kilroy of the twenty-fifth regiment. She immediately befriends him, and the two become close.
On March 5, 1770, Matthew Kilroy is one of the many British soldiers that fire at the mob of angry colonists, and is charged for murder. The commander, Captain Thomas Preston and the other soldiers (including Matthew) are taken to prison until further notice.
It is then that Rachel realizes that she has to sacrifice the place she had worked so hard to earn in order to save the life of a dear friend. She must risk her reputation, whatever happens to her in the future.
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