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Author
Series
I survived volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops. -- But King George was like a snake with America gripped in his fangs -- and he didn't want to let go. So now it was war -- brutal,...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 22
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
5) The rifle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A priceless, handcrafted rifle, fired throughout the American Revolution, is passed down through the years until it fires on a fateful Christmas Eve of 1994.
7) Chains
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
8) Woods runner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
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 community. Includes historical notes at the end of each chapter.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Describes the events of the American Revolutionary War and explains the significance of the war today. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a young girl, a patriot fighter, and a loyalist determined to keep America under British rule"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When John Jacob Mickley accompanies his father on a trip to Philadelphia, he discovers that the city is facing a Redcoat attack. Next thing he knows, Papa and he have been entrusted with a top-secret mission. Can the humble Mickley wagon dodge British soldiers and carry an important two-thousand-pound symbol of freedom to safety?
12) Sweetie
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"George Washington's foxhound Sweetlips narrates the story of her master's transformation from farmer to Father of our Country"--
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes what it was like to be a woman during the Revolutionary War. Some women, in addition to managing their homes and families, took an active role in the war. Some served in the army (disguised as men), other acted as spies, and still others met in groups to provide goods and services.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
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.
16) The Pox Party
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2006-2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
17) We are patriots
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In her diary, ten-year-old Hope writes about her life as a patriot in 1777 Philadelphia, as the Redcoats try to take over her city and defeat the Continental Army. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Re-creates the American colonies before, during, and after the American Revolution by describing in words and pictures various aspects of the colonists' lives, including work, food, clothing, shelter, religion, the events leading to the war, and life as a soldier.
19) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book, in graphic novel format, describes the American Revolution, exploring the grievances of the Patriots, the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and the fighting of the Continental Army.