September 13, 2014, marks the 200th
anniversary of the Battle of Fort McHenry and the writing of what would
eventually become the United States’ national anthem, The Star Spangled
Banner.
But once again, historians have left out
some important information. Sammy
(Samantha) Brown, a 7th grader in Miss Wickware’s history class,
played a key role in the whole process.
Without her, Mr. Key may have never been on the boat that gave him a
bird’s eye view of the whole battle which prompted the famous poet to….maybe
you just have to read the story yourself.
Bumped Back In Time Book 4 of The Wickware
Sagas. Take a look at
https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=82
Excerpt
A full moon lit up
the bedroom. Sammy lay on the feather
mattress in the dark, staring at the ceiling.
The window was wide open, a breeze stirring the curtains, though it did
nothing to take away the mugginess of the night air. The nightgown Sarah had given Sammy was
drenched with sweat and it stuck to her like a second skin.
She got up and
walked to the balcony. Dr. Beanes had
been right about his wife. Sarah had sat
Sammy down and got her a bowl of left over wild turkey and boiled sweet
potatoes, which she inhaled.
The older woman
tisked her tongue and her head shook in sympathy, distressed at the poor girl’s
story. “Your mother must be worried
beyond belief,” Sarah said.
“Oh, I’m sure
she’s freaking out all over the place,” Sammy snorted. “And like she’ll ever buy this story!”
“I don’t
understand. You write stories to sell to
your freakish mother?”
Sammy had to
chuckle at that one. “No. She’s just
going to kill me.”
Outraged, the
woman came to her feet. “She will do no
such thing. William will make sure that
you are safe!”
Staring into the
night, Sammy smiled at the memory. She
had assured Sarah it was only a saying, but the woman did not seem convinced.
The sound of
horses, riding up to the Beanes’ home, brought Sammy out of her reverie. At least ten men, all in red coats, jumped
off their horses and headed toward the house.
A serving girl
tapped on Sammy’s door before opening it.
“Please ma’am, Mistress Beanes would like you to come to her room,
quickly.” She turned to lead the way
without waiting for a reply, Sammy, hurrying to catch up.
The scene that
greeted Sammy when the bedroom opened had the hairs on the back of her neck,
not only standing straight out at attention, but screaming “run…hide…wake
up!” Goose bumps broke out on her
sweaty body.
Dr. Beanes was
sitting on a chair putting on his shoes while Sarah was wringing her hands and
pale as the snow-white nightgown she was wearing.
Before Sammy could
utter a word a BANG BANG BANG came from the door downstairs and that’s when all
hell broke loose!
* * * *
Thanks to
everybody for stopping by to take a look.
Bumped Back in Time is the fourth story in the Wickware Sagas. There are five all together.
Billy Cooper’s Awesome Nightmare
Ride of a Lifetime
Flash to the Past
Bumped Back in Time
Riches to Rags
These are all short, time travel adventures
involving seventh graders in Miss Wickware’s history class. They must draw a name from a box and do an
oral report. SOMEHOW, they end up back
in time to get up close and personal with their drawn subject!
I also have a printed version of the
Wickware Sagas. This can be found at
Due
to the 200th anniversary of The Star Spangled Banner, MuseItUp is
offering Bumped Back in Time for 99 cents for the first two weeks in September. Check it out at
https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=82
2 comments:
Morning Sue. Thanks so much for letting me visit on your blog today. I appreciate it very much!
You're very welcome Penny. Bumped Back in Time sounds very intriguing.
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