Who Comes with Cannons?

by Patricia Beatty

Book Overview

When Truth Hopkins's father dies, she goes to live with her uncle and his family on their North Carolina farm. Like Truth, the Bardwells are Quakers. They oppose slavery but refuse to take up arms in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688110282
• ISBN13: 9780688110284
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Who Comes with Cannons?

Have you ever been in the middle of a war? The book I read was "Who Comes with Cannons". The book was about a girl whose parents died. She was sent to her grandparent's house to live there. She had cousins that she didn't get along with. Her grandma taught her how to live in the South, since she was from the North. In the North, a lot of things were done differently. Like, for example they did not have any slaves. Also, they talked differently from people of the South. In the South, people did own slaves and that's why the Civil war started. It started because the North did not want slaves and they thought that was cruel. But, on the other hand, the South did want slaves and they fought so they could keep it that way. Her disliked cousins were sent to war on purpose because they refused to go, but they sent them anyway. So they sent the girl, whose name was Anne Hanick, to go save her cousins. She went with her grandpa through the Underground Railroad. I like this book because it was very interesting and it was hard to keep your hands off it. It was an easy book to connect to because it was very non- boring. The one thing that I didn't really like was that it had some parts where nothing happens and it is just boring. But, overall it is a very good book. If you really like war and really good climax, then this is a very great book for you.

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This book was good i liked the part where Robert got captured and got put in the army.then he ran away from them and then got caught again and got put in prison.My favorite character was Robert because he was the bravest out of all the characters that's why i liked him.It was a very good book and everyone should read it.

Loved the Book!

Truth Hopkins is an orphan and now living with her aunt,uncle and two cousins. When she finds out they are a station on the underground railroad she does everything she can do to help them. This is an exciting story about the Civil War and the QUakers who did not believe in war. The book shows how one girl van make a big difference. I like it when Truth saves her cousin from a prison in the North. It is a wonderful way to learn about the Civil War from different points of views.