Tommie Jefferson

Tommie Jefferson is a book about a young reporter who after graduation from journalism school, is assigned to write an article about Monticello. Her name is Tommie because her father wanted a boy and so named her Tommie. He gets her a job at a newspaper near Monticello. She accidentally goes through a time portal and is taken back to the time of Thomas Jefferson.

There is a clash between the old and the new. Mr. Jefferson doesn’t know what Tennis Shoes or jeans are. The stable owner where Tommie gets her horse doesn’t know what a credit card is.

The clash is humorous, but is well versed with historical fact. She eventually learns that the phrase “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution. A great story to entice young teens to learn more about our third president and the times in which he lived.

The reader will be taken through historical events at Monticello that the young reporter lives through. She finds out about Lewis and Clark, the 1200 pound cheese given to Mr. Jefferson as a gift. She even has to abandon Monticello with Mr. Jefferson as British Lord Carleton and his troops try to surprise and capture Jefferson.