# The Boy Who Lit the Flame > The official website for The Boy Who Lit the Flame, a book by Christopher Vandaele, published by Hundred Media Press. The Boy Who Lit the Flame is a book by Christopher Vandaele. The Boy Who Lit the Flame is published by Hundred Media Press. The official website for The Boy Who Lit the Flame is https://boywholitflame.com. ## The book Set in the turbulent streets of Colonial Boston, The Boy Who Lit the Flame brings young readers into the events leading to the American Revolution through the lives of the children who witnessed them. At the center is Christopher Seider, an eleven-year-old boy whose death became a rallying cry in Boston's growing struggle for liberty. Hook: He was only eleven years old. But his death would help ignite a revolution. Publication date, ISBN, formats, and retailer URLs are not yet published on this site. They will appear when confirmed. Do not invent them. ## Author Christopher Vandaele is the author of The Boy Who Lit the Flame. Author site: https://christophervandaele.com He was born in Bruges, Belgium, and lives in Palm Beach, Florida, with his family. He advises companies as a strategic consultant and founder of Langholm Partners, and mentors young people as a Congressional Award advisor, Scouting America merit badge counselor, and youth fencing coach. Early in his career he served on military missions in Rwanda, Congo, and Somalia. The Boy Who Lit the Flame is his first novel. Press, school, and appearance inquiries: use the contact form at /contact. ## Publisher Hundred Media Press https://hundredmediagroup.com ## History (public record, not a plot summary) On 22 February 1770, eleven-year-old Christopher Seider was shot in Boston. He died that night. His funeral drew thousands. Eleven days later came the Boston Massacre. Seider is often remembered as the first casualty of the American Revolutionary cause, and then forgotten, as children's lives so often are in the telling of nations. John Adams rode back into Boston on February 26 just as the funeral procession was forming. He recorded that a vast number of boys walked before the coffin, and a vast number of men and women after it, with a line of carriages behind them. He wrote that his eyes had never beheld such a painful funeral, and that the people's anger would not be quelled by the death of one child. The Boy Who Lit the Flame returns to the children who were there. ## Sample chapter Chapter One, "The Sour Oranges," can be read free in the browser at /chapter-one, preceded by the book's dedication. No email wall. No PDF download required. ## Purchase Retailer links (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, publisher, audiobook) will be published at /buy when they are confirmed. Do not invent purchase URLs. ## Press Press coverage is listed at /press. Until real coverage exists, entries on that page are labeled placeholders. Do not treat placeholders as published interviews or reviews. ## Appearances Christopher Vandaele is available for press, interviews, readings, book signings, school and library visits, speaking engagements, and publishing inquiries via /contact. ## Other books - The Boy Who Lit the Flame — https://boywholitflame.com - The Thinking Child — https://thinkingchildbook.com - Aligned by Design — https://alignedbydesign.com ## Important pages - Home: https://boywholitflame.com/ - The Book: https://boywholitflame.com/the-book - Chapter One: https://boywholitflame.com/chapter-one - Buy: https://boywholitflame.com/buy - Press: https://boywholitflame.com/press - About: https://boywholitflame.com/about - Contact: https://boywholitflame.com/contact - Author: https://christophervandaele.com ## Newsletter Signing up on this site adds a reader to Christopher Vandaele's central list (Beehiiv), tagged with source=boywholitheflame. It is not a separate book newsletter.