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The Matchlock Gun

The Matchlock Gun

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by Walter D. Edmonds

Book Details

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Published: 1989
Language: en
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9780399219115
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Moderate confidence: 70%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Moderate confidence (70%) — AI estimate from description and metadata.

Content Intensity

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3
💥ViolenceModerate
0
❤️Love & RomanceNone
1
🧠Mental HealthVery low
0
💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
2
😨Fear / HorrorLow

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.

Themes & Topics

CHILDREN'S FICTIONADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS_FICTIONUNITED STATES_HISTORY_COLONIAL PERIOD, ca. 1600-1775_FICTION

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