Why would somebody want to go to school? Especially when there is an opportunity to get away from it? Well, Jemima Emerson in Time Enough For Drums (by Ann Rinaldi) has more coming than a school lesson. Soon, the Revolutionary War will come knocking at her doorstep. Jemima is a young girl who exhibits a multitude of character traits such as stubbornness, being secretive, and staying strong. In the beginning of the book, Jemima exhibits the character trait of stubbornness. Jemima never went to her lessons and always found a way to get away from them, as well as her tutor, “She resorts to every sort of trickery she can think of to get out of lessons,”(Rinaldi 6). John Reid, her tutor, is always having to find her, because she does not