The Woods Runner

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The book Woods Runner is a book about a 13 year old boy named Samuel Smith and his life in the Revolutionary War. Samuel lives with his parents named Olin and Abigail who live in a cabin near the woods where they settled. From the place they came from they were highly educated. Their son Samuel on the other hand grew up near the woods so he is good at hunting and hiking. He is the only one that is good at hunting in his family so he has to bring home food for them. One day when he was out hunting he saw a big cloud of smoke where his cabin and many others were. He rushed over there and found all the cabins burned and some bodies, but he knew his parents were not dead so headed out to find them. He learns when he talks to people on the way they

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