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Name: Abigail's drum
Author: John A. Minahan

During the War of 1812, when British soldiers threaten the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, young Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail, daughters of the local lighthouse keeper, find a way to save both him and the town.

First publish date: 1995

Authors: John A. Minahan

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