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American Revolution Books

AUTHOR       Myers, Anna.

TITLE        The keeping room / Anna Myers.

PUBLISHER    New York : Puffin Books, 1999.

PHYS DESCR   viii, 135 p. ; 20 cm.

NOTE         Left in charge of the family when his father leaves their South

               Carolina home to fight in the Revolutionary War, thirteen year-

               old Joey Kershaw finds all his resources tested when General

               Cornwallis comes to town and chooses the Kershaw house as his

               headquarters.

NOTE         780 Lexile.

 

 

AUTHOR       Gregory, Kristiana.

TITLE        Five smooth stones / by Kristiana Gregory.

PUBLISHER    New York : Scholastic, 2001.

PHYS DESCR   108 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

NOTE         In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events

               surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in

               Philadelphia in 1776.

NOTE         640 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Duey, Kathleen.

TITLE        Mary Alice Peale, Philadelphia, 1777 / by Kathleen Duey.

PUBLISHER    New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996.

PHYS DESCR   141 p. ; 20 cm.

NOTE         When her wounded brother returns from battle, twelve-year-old

               Mary must get help for him without telling her father, a

               wealthy Tory, who has disowned his son for joining General

               Washington's Continental Army.

NOTE         780 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR Gregory, Kristiana.

TITLE        The winter of red snow: The Revolutionary War story of Abigail

               Jane Stewart.

New York : Scholastic, c1996.
173 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

870 Lexile.

 

 

An eye for an eye : a story of the Revolutionary War / Peter and Connie Roop. 

Publisher Columbus, Ohio : Waterbird Books, 2004.

168 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

AUTHOR       Kirkpatrick, Katherine.

TITLE        Redcoats and petticoats / by Katherine Kirkpatrick ; illustrated

               by Ronald Himler.

PUBLISHER    New York : Holiday House, c1999.

PHYS DESCR   1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.

NOTE        Members of a family in the village of Setauket on Long Island are

               displaced by the Redcoats and serve as spies for the

               Revolutionary Army of George Washington.

NOTE         420 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Harness, Cheryl.

TITLE        Young John Quincy / by Cheryl Harness.

EDITION      1st ed.

PUBLISHER    New York : Bradbury Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ;

               New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994.

PHYS DESCR   1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

NOTE        Presents the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence

               as seen through the eyes of the boy who would grow up to be the

               sixth president of the United States.

 

AUTHOR       Redmond, Shirley-Raye.

TITLE        Patriots in petticoats : heroines of the American Revolution /

               Shirley Raye Redmond.

PUBLISHER    New York : Random House, 2004.

PHYS DESCR   128 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

SERIES       Landmark books.

NOTE         Profiles girls and women who participated in the American

               Revolution by refusing to buy British merchandise, collecting

               money, and even going to war as wives, nurses, spies, or

               soldiers.

 

 

AUTHOR       Freedman, Russell.

TITLE        Give me liberty! : the story of the Declaration of Independence /

               Russell Freedman.

PUBLISHER    Holiday House, c2000.

PHYS DESCR   90 p. : col. ill. ;c27 cm.

NOTE         Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of

               Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind

               its framing.

NOTE         1070 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Brady, Esther Wood, 1905-

TITLE        Toliver's secret / by Esther Wood Brady ; illustrated by Richard

               Cuffari.

PUBLISHER    New York, NY : Crown Publishing Group, 1988, c1976.

PHYS DESCR   166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

NOTE         During the Revolutionary War, a ten-year-old girl crosses enemy

               lines to deliver a loaf of bread containing a message for the

               patriots.

NOTE         740 Lexile.


 

AUTHOR       Roop, Peter and Connie.

TITLE        Buttons for General Washington.

PHYS DESCR   x.

NOTE         460 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Schanzer, Rosalyn.

TITLE        George vs. George : the American Revolution as seen by both sides

               / by Rosalyn Schanzer.

PUBLISHER    Washington, DC : National Geographic, 2004.

PHYS DESCR   60 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

NOTE         Includes bibliographical references.

NOTE         Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of

               England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome

               of the American Revolution.

NOTE         1120 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Bobrick, Benson, 1947-

TITLE        Fight for freedom : the American Revolutionary War / Benson

               Bobrick.

EDITION      1st ed.

PUBLISHER    New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.

PHYS DESCR   96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.

NOTE         Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.

NOTE         A chronicle of the American Revolution highlighted with many

               period oil paintings, political cartoons, key campaign and

               battlefield maps, and profiles of historical luminaries.

 

AUTHOR       Krensky, Stephen.

TITLE        Dangerous crossing : the revolutionary voyage of John Quincy

               Adams / by Stephen Krensky ; illustrated by Greg Harlin.

EDITION      1st ed.

PUBLISHER    New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2005.

PHYS DESCR   1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.

NOTE         In 1778, ten-year-old Johnny Adams and his father make a

               dangerous mid-winter voyage from Massachusetts to Paris in

               hopes of gaining support for the colonies during the American

               Revolution.

 

AUTHOR       Osborne, Mary Pope.

TITLE        American revolution : a nonfiction companion to Revolutionary War

               on Wednesday / by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce ;

               illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

PUBLISHER    New York : Random House, c2004.

PHYS DESCR   121 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

NOTE         Presents a picture of life in colonial America and reviews the

               causes and major events of the American Revolution.

NOTE         600 Lexile.


 

 

AUTHOR       Turner, Ann Warren.

TITLE        Love thy neighbor : the Tory diary of Prudence Emerson / by Ann

               Turner.

EDITION      1st ed.

PUBLISHER    New York : Scholastic, 2003.

PHYS DESCR   188 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

SERIES       Dear America.

NOTE         In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence

               keeps a diary of the troubles she and her family face as Tories

               surrounded by American patriots at the start of the American

               Revolution.

NOTE         850 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Murray, Stuart 1948-

TITLE        American Revolution / written by Stuart Murray ; with the

               Smithsonian Institution.

EDITION      1st American ed.

PUBLISHER    New York : DK Pub., c2002.

PHYS DESCR   64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

SERIES       DK eyewitness books.

NOTE         Written in association with the Smithsonian Institution.

NOTE         Includes index.

NOTE         A visual guide, accompanied by text, to the people, battles, and

               events of America's war for independence.

 

AUTHOR       Nixon, Joan Lowery.

TITLE        Maria's story, 1773 / Joan Lowery Nixon.

PUBLISHER    New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, 2001.

PHYS DESCR   167 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

NOTE         In Williamsburg, Virginia, two years before the start of the

               American Revolution, nine-year-old Maria worries that her

               mother will lose her contract to publish official reports and

               announcements of the British government because she prints

               anti-British articles in their family-run newspaper.

NOTE         820 Lexile.

 

TITLE        Guns for General Washington : a story of the American

               Revolution / Seymour Reit.

PUBLISHER    San Diego : Harcourt, 2001.

PHYS DESCR   142 p. ; 18 cm.

SERIES       An Odyssey/great episodes book.

NOTE         Includes bibliographical references.

NOTE         In the bitter winter of 1775-76, Colonel Henry Knox and his

               younger brother Will, both of the Continental Army, become

               frustrated with the British blockade of Boston and decide to

               attempt to move 183 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga, over 300

               miles of mountainous wilderness, to defend the besieged city.


 

AUTHOR       January, Brendan, 1972-

TITLE        The Revolutionary War / by Brendan January.

PUBLISHER    New York : Children's Press, c2000.

PHYS DESCR   47 p. : col. ill., 1 col. map ; 22 cm.

SERIES       True book.

NOTE         Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index.

NOTE         Describes the events preceding, during, and following the

               American Revolution, from the Stamp Act in 1765 to the signing

               of the treaty in Paris in 1783.

NOTE         710 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Burgan, Michael.

TITLE        The Boston Tea Party / by Michael Burgan.

PUBLISHER    Minneapolis : Compass Point Books, c2000.

PHYS DESCR   47 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

SERIES       We the people (Compass Point Books)

NOTE         Includes bibliographical references and index.

NOTE         Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act

               against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which

               ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.

 

AUTHOR       Borden, Louise.

TITLE        Sleds on Boston Common : a story from the American Revolution /

               written by Louise Borden ; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker.

EDITION      1st ed.

PUBLISHER    New York, N.Y. : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2000.

PHYS DESCR   1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

NOTE         Henry complains to the royal governor, General Gage, after his

               plan to sled down the steep hill at Boston Common is thwarted

               by the masses of British troops camped there.

NOTE         640 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Osborne, Mary Pope.

TITLE        Revolutionary War on Wednesday / by Mary Pope Osborne ;

               illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

PUBLISHER    New York : Random House, 2000.

PHYS DESCR   69 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

NOTE         Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the

               time of the American Revolution and help General George

               Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.

NOTE         320 Lexile.

 

TITLE        Valley Forge / Jason Cooper.

PUBLISHER    Vero Beach, Fla. : Rourke Corp., c1999.

PHYS DESCR   24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 20 cm.

SERIES       Cooper, Jason, 1942- American landmarks.

NOTE         Includes bibliographical references (p. 24) and index.

NOTE         Describes the hardships endured by General George Washington and

               the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley

               Forge, Pennsylvania.

NOTE         IG 860 Lexile.


 

AUTHOR       Pryor, Bonnie.

TITLE        Thomas / Bonnie Pryor ; illustrated by Bert Dodson.

PUBLISHER    New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1998.

PHYS DESCR   150 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

SERIES       Pryor, Bonnie. American adventures.

NOTE         In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old

               Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming

               Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make

               their way to Philadelphia.

NOTE         690 Lexile.

 

AUTHOR       Quackenbush, Robert M.

TITLE        Daughter of liberty : a true story of the American Revolution /

               Robert Quackenbush.

EDITION      1st ed.

PUBLISHER    New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1998.

PHYS DESCR   55 p., map : ill. ; 21 cm.

NOTE         A chance encounter with General George Washington in upstate New

               York during the Revolutionary War leads a young woman to

               volunteer for a dangerous mission involving the retrieval of

               valuable papers.(Gr.3-5)

NOTE         620 Lexile.