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• Loyalty

  Avi, 1937-

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  Newbery Medalist Avi explores the American Revolution from a fresh perspective in the story of a young Loyalist turned British spy navigating patriotism and personal responsibility during the lead-up to the War of Independence. Grade: 4+.

• Early Thunder

  Fritz, Jean

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  In pre-revolutionary Salem, fourteen-year-old Daniel begins to re-examine his loyalty to the King as the conflict between Tories and patriots increasingly divides the townspeople. Grade 5+.

• Silence and Lily

  1773

  Duey, Kathleen

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  In 1773, twelve-year-old Silence works to please her mother through household chores and weekly etiquette lessons in hopes of spending time with her beloved horse, Lily, while the men of Boston, including her Loyalist father and brother, discuss a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friends of Liberty

  Gormley, Beatrice

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  Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker's daughter, tries to maintain her close friendship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist official, as pre-Revolutionary War tensions in 1773 Boston increase and push them apart. Grade: 4+

• Maria's Story, 1773

  Nixon, Joan Lowery

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ben's Revolution

  Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill

  Philbrick, Nathaniel,

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  Twelve-year-old Benjamin Russell of Boston experiences the Revolutionary War from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 through the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Grade: 2-5.

• Give Me Liberty

  Elliott, Laura, 1957-

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  Follows the life of thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, from May 1774 to December 1775, as he serves his indentureship with a music teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia, and witnesses the growing rift between patriots and loyalists, culminating in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Johnny Tremain

  a Novel for Old & Young.

  Forbes, Esther

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  Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 Boston, just before the Revolutionary War. But even more gripping than living through the drama of Revolutionary Boston is the important discovery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Siege

  How General Washington Kicked the British Out of Boston and Launched a Revolution

  Orgill, Roxane

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  It is the summer of 1775. The British occupy Boston and its busy harbor, holding residents captive and keeping a strong military foothold. The threat of smallpox looms, and the town is cut off, even from food supplies. Following the battles of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution

  a Handbook for Time Travelers

  Stokes, Jonathan W,

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  The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution is the greatest travel guide in all of history, and we know because we checked all of history! Where else can you find answers to common tourist questions like: Should I pack my powdered wig? How can I…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chains

  Seeds of America

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War. Book 1 in the Seeds of America series. Grade: 5+

• The Fighting Ground

  Avi, 1937-

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  At thirteen, Jonathan dreams of fighting in the American Revolution. Almost by accident, he is recruited into a fighting unit and experiences the reality of war, including being taken prisoner and coming to grips with his feelings about shooting to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Brother Sam Is Dead

  Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

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  Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town. Grade: 6+

• Five Smooth Stones

  Hope's Diary

  Gregory, Kristiana

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  In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776. Grade 3+.

• Sophia's War

  a Tale of the Revolution

  Avi, 1937-

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  In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy. Grade: 5+

• Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776

  Calkhoven, Laurie

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  In 1776 Boston, twelve-year-old Daniel Prescott enjoys assuming his father's role in taking care of his mother and sister, as well as his work as a spy and messenger for the American revolutionaries, but the pleasure ends when he witnesses the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Peril at King's Creek

  a Felicity Mystery

  Jones, Elizabeth McDavid, 1958-

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  In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Woods Runner

  Paulsen, Gary

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  From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The American Revolution, 1776

  Tarshis, Lauren,

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  Eleven-year-old Nate was traveling to meet his father in New York City when he got caught up in a battle of the American Revolution. Part of the I Survived series. Grade 4+

• The Winter of Red Snow

  the Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart

  Gregory, Kristiana

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  Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British. Part of the Dear America series. Grade: 5+