"Ben at Ten" presents the first five pages of an historical novel that fictionalizes an important year in Ben Franklin's life. At ten years of age Ben loves his family, loves school, loves reading anything he can get his hands on, loves his city, and loves the sea that surrounds colonial Boston. He doesn't love the neighborhood bully, but he has a good plan for beating him at his own game--through an invention of Ben's own creation! This book tells the story of one day in Ben Franklin's life whe