Seven friends go on a camping trip in Canada. They decide to explore a cave, and after a strange light sweeps through the interior, they emerge from the cave in another time. They've traveled from the 21st century to the 18th century. They are alone in the wilderness and must work together to find their way in this new, old world. Crossing the Rubicon by R.C. Richter is a fascinating story of modern-day teens trying to make it in colonial times. They head west to escape the coming winter, and end up traveling across many locations throughout America and beyond. While this is a fantasy/time travel novel, there are many aspects of historical fiction as well. Richter brings us into this primitive world, showing us the people and cultural norms of the time. The story is told from the perspective of Trinity in the form of a journal. One of the issues I had with this format is that, while written as a journal with dates at the beginning of each entry, it isn't really written
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