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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Hessian The Hessian Howard Fast When his entire brigade is wiped out by the colonists, a sixteen-year-old German drummer boy survives with the aid of a Quaker family and the local doctor. OL1067130W
Emma's journal Emma's journal Marissa Moss From 1774 to 1776, Emma describes in her journal her stay in Boston, where she witnesses the British blockade and spies for the American militia. Features hand-printed text, drawings, and marginal no… OL106898W
The year of the hangman The year of the hangman Gary L. Blackwood Well I haven't read it and I need it for history so if you can take off Daisy protection that would be great OL121031W
We are patriots We are patriots Kristiana Gregory 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. OL121805W
The Winter of Red Snow The Winter of Red Snow Kristiana Gregory Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart records the despair and hope of the difficult winter between 1777-1778--when she witnessed George Washington readying his young soldiers on the frozen fields of V… OL121809W
The Spider Catcher The Spider Catcher Gilbert Morris He is a young Welshman who forsook the family shipbuilding business to study medicine . . . until, poised at the brink of a brilliant career, tragedy broke his heart and shattered his dreams. She … OL14854914W
The horse-riding adventure of Sybil Ludington, Revolutionary War messenger The horse-riding adventure of Sybil Ludington, Revolutionary War messenger Amanda Doering Tourville In 1777, on a cold and stormy night in the New York Colony, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington makes a dangerous and difficult ride to warn the local militiamen that the British Army is looting and bur… OL15520777W
The story of land and sea The story of land and sea Katy Simpson Smith Set in a small coastal town in North Carolina during the waning years of the American Revolution, this debut novel follows three generations of family--fathers and daughters, mother and son, master a… OL17880767W
Revolutionary Revolutionary Alex Myers Presents a fictionalized account of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who defied the rigid societal and social norms of her times to disguise herself as a man, join the Continental Army, and fight against the… OL19704289W
Saratoga secret Saratoga secret Betsy Sterman In 1777, as General Burgoyne and his British troops invade the Upper Hudson River Valley, sixteen-year-old Amity must carry a secret message to the Continental army to give warning of an impending at… OL2749613W
John, Paul, George & Ben John, Paul, George & Ben Lane Smith A humorous look at five of our country's founding fathers. OL2940322W
Nabby Adams' diary Nabby Adams' diary Miriam Anne Bourne A fictional diary of the second President's daughter detailing the ten-year period of her life from 1774-1784. OL4958258W
First in war First in war John M. Rosenburg Chronicles George Washington's role in the American Revolution, from his appointment as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army to the British surrender at Yorktown and his famous farewell address. OL509842W
Attack of the Turtle Attack of the Turtle Drew Carlson During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare. OL5839679W
The secret of Van Rink's cellar The secret of Van Rink's cellar Beverly Haskell Lee While searching for the ghost that haunts the house in which their mother is a maid and dressmaker for an English officer's wife, Sarah and Stephen become secretly involved in the Revolutionary War e… OL6574902W
HMS Seawolf HMS Seawolf Michael Aye In this second exciting adventure of the British Navy in the American Revolution by Michael Aye, the Fighting Anthonys return to wage war against the colonials. This time Gabe is at the center of the… OL8836963W
Rabble in Arms Rabble in Arms Roberts, Kenneth Lewis The second of Roberts's epic novels of the American Revolution, Rabble in Arms was hailed by one critic as the greatest historical novel written about America upon its publication in 1933. Love, trea… OL99571W