The New York Times
The goal here is immediacy, but also historical accuracy, and Freedman…impressively achieves both. He neither sugar coats nor cherry picks in describing the events of Dec. 16, 1773. He delivers the historical past without ideology or histrionics…Peter Malone's classic, detailed watercolors illuminate the episode marvelously, as do Freedman's afterword, bibliography and time line. He includes source notes and an index, unusual in so short a text, but helpful to children learning that real research requires more than a few minutes of Googling. Freedman has clearly and skillfully done his homework and may well inspire young readers to do the same.
—Pamela Paul