![]() ![]() She notices that he is fearful and hungry looking. While coming back from the bakery, the sentry outside the Adams house, Private Matthew Kilroy, challenges Rachel. Nevertheless, the British post sentries outside many residences, including the Adams'. Many Bostonians are unhappy with this new change and begin rioting. ![]() Rachel is inspired by Knox and begins working to better her education. Rachel confides this to Abigail Adams, who comforts her and gives her money to go buy books at Henry Knox's bookstore. After a falling out over Eb wanting Rachel to spy on the Adamses, Eb disowns her. However, Eb is greedy, uncaring, and often exploits Rachel. Her father and mother have died, leaving Uncle Eb as her only living relative. ![]() Rachel Marsh, aged 14, is an indentured servant to John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams. She has a friend named Jane, who was her first ever friend. This book is about a fourteen-year-old indentured servant named Rachel Marsh who finds herself changing as she meets many people, including young Matthew Kilroy, a British private in the 29th regiment who is not very easy to get along with. The Fifth of March is a 1993 novel about the Boston Massacre (of March 5, 1770, pre-Revolutionary War) by historian and author Ann Rinaldi, who was also the author of many other historical fiction novels such as Girl in Blue and A Break with Charity. ![]()
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