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HISTORICAL FICTION AMERICA - WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Easy Biographies Series “Robert E. Lee: Brave Leader” (Rae Bains) $4 PB VGC Focuses on the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women who overcame obstacles to achieve greatness. Inspirational and informative reading for students with big dreams. Traces the life of the highly respected Confederate general, with an emphasis on his difficult boyhood in Virginia. 6-9 YO
The Secret Soldier – The Story Of Deborah Sampson (Ann McGovern)$4 PB GC When "Robert Shurtliff" enlists as a common soldier in the Continental army, no one suspects there is anything unusual about him. It is not until he is hospitalized with fever that his secret is discovered. Private Shurtliff is really a woman - 23 year-old Deborah Sampson! How Deborah keeps her identity a secret during long, exhausting marches and bloody raids against the Tories, and how her bravery brings the admiration of her fellow soldiers, her commanding general, and finally her county, makes exciting, suspenseful reading. 6-10 YO
Sarah Bishop (Scott O’Dell) $4 PB EC Sarah used to cook and clean for her father and brother on their farm. She thought that she’d do that all her life, until the Revolutionary War came to their village and changed everything for Sarah, forever. Now she’s a fugitive from the British army, living outside of the law, with only her musket to protect her. 10+
My Brother Sam Is Dead (James & Christopher Collier) $4 PB EC Tim has always looked up to his older brother, Sam. But now he’s run away and become part of the American Revolutionary Army. He talks about defeating the British and becoming independent and free. But most people, especially Tim and Sam’s father, are loyal supporters of the Engish king. The war is raging and Tim knows he will have to make a choice. 11+ NEWBERY HONOR
George Washington’s Socks (Elvira Woodruff) $3 PB GC (Cover has a small split at spine base) An exciting tale of The American War of Independence. Time travel and historical fiction combine in this novel of the American Revolution. During a camp out, ten-year-old Matthew, his younger sister Katie, and three friends board an old rowboat and are transported to the Delaware River in 1776. The children are caught up in the conflict between the patriots and the Hessians; an encounter with some Indians is thrown in for good measure. 10+
The Adventures Of George Washington (Margaret Davidson) $4 PB VGC A brief biography for younger children of the first President concentrating on his years of service in the French and Indian War and as leader of the American army during the Revolution. 6-10 YO
Guns For General Washington – A Story Of The American Revolution (Seymour Reit) $6 HB EC A novel about a little-known event in American history--the great cannon trek of 1775. Colonel Henry Knox conceived a plan to take desperately needed cannons and ammunition from New York's Fort Ticonderoga to Boston where rebel forces feared that a British attack was imminent. The huge, ungainly guns had to be moved during the winter over hundreds of miles of mountainous wilderness. The bulk of this book re-creates that arduous journey to and from the fort. 10+
The American Victory (JoAnne A. Grote) $4 PB VGC (Cover crease) Eight-year-old Paul Lankford's father has been away fighting in the American Revolution for most of Paul's life. Because he has only seen his father a few times in the past six years, Paul barely knows him. So when the war finally ends in 1781 and Paul's father returns home, he has a difficult time adjusting to the change. 10+
The Winter Hero (James Lincoln Collier) $3 PB VGC (Ex lib) It’s 1787 and 14-year-old Justin Conkey is about to make up for the fact that he was too young to fight in the Revolution of 1776. Shay’s Rebellion is the new war, and he is determined to be part of it, even if he only has his father’s old sword for protection. He longs to be a hero, like his unpredictable, heroic brother-in-law, Peter McColloch, but Peter feels Justin isn’t old enough to fight. 11+
Ride Of Courage (Deborah Felder) $4 PB EC In 1781, twelve-year-old Molly Randall, living with her family in Yorktown, Virginia, finds her courage tested when she must ride a powerful Arabian horse to get help for a neighbour about to be executed for treason by the British. 9+
Tree Of Freedom (Rebecca Caudill) $4 PB GC Set in l780, chronicles the move of the Venable family, and the many others seeking the rich, then unclaimed, land in Kentucky. This land rush creates one of the major conflicts in the novel: men devoting their energies to the land rush instead of fighting with the beleaguered troops of the Continental army. Noel Venable, fifteen-year-old eldest son voices concern about owning land without the freedom of independence from the British. 9+ NEWBERY HONOR
Freedom’s Fire (J.P. Trent) $2 PB FC (Book good but has been water damaged to half of the top edges with stain and mildew. Fully readable and not musty smelling) On the eve of the American Revolution, the Havens family is fighting a war at home. Joshua Havens is being sent to the front lines of battle. Thomas Havens wants to be a soldier--but he must fight a closer threat. Sara is in love with a boy from a Loyalist family. Then the Loyalists begin to attack. 10+