The Boy in the Alamo

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Genre: Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Children: Grades 2-3; Siege, 1836; Historical - United States - 19th Century; Action and Adventure - General; Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.); Action and Adventure;

Average Review: 5 stars

Review: Fantastic adventure, moving tribute : I don't know how I managed to pick up this book and not realize how terribly sad the battle of the Alamo would be. Somehow I did, and was taken by surprise by the courage of the men who held the fort despite the hopelessness. It's an amazing story, and Margaret Cousins writes the characters with depth, common sense and yet, with that almost supernatural tenacity. In following the journey of a boy to a man in the face of war, you also get a wonderful, valuable look at the reason "Remember the Alamo!" is still a battle cry today. To "Remember the Alamo!" is to remember the best part of man, that divine part of ourselves that can be inspired to resist, even unto death, for that which is worthy.