Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

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The Thanksgiving Story

Alice Dalgliesh

The Thanksgiving Story 'is the only really distinguished book we have on that holiday. Miss Dalgliesh has told the Pilgrim story simply from the point of view of the Hopkins family whose little Oceanus was born on the Mayflower; and M...

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Published: Sep 1985

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Noth...

M. T. Anderson

Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers. After he opens a forbidden door he learns the hideous nature of their experiments and his own chilling role in them. Set in Revolutionary Bost...

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Published: Jan 2008

Calico Captive

Elizabeth George Speare

In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, ...

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Published: Oct 2001

Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a c...

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Published: Jan 2010

Little Hornet: Boy Patriot of North C...

Geoff Baggett

**Free teaching guide resource available for teachers and parents on the author's web site. www.geoffbaggett.com The British have invaded Charlestown and the Revolutionary War has descended with a vengeance upon the sleepy southern ...

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Published: Apr 2016

Little Spy of Vincennes (Patriot Kids...

Geoff Baggett

Pierre Grimard was a courageous little boy who lived with his parents on the Northwest Frontier in Colonial America. His home was in Vincennes, a tiny, peaceful French settlement on the banks of the majestic Wabash River. In his humbl...

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Published: Mar 2017

Mystery on Church Hill

Steven K. Smith

Young brothers Sam and Derek have a knack for uncovering mystery and adventure. When they visit Richmond's St. John's Church for a reenactment of Patrick Henry's famous liberty speech, they stumble upon a hidden piece of history. As t...

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Published: Nov 2013

Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolu...

Ann Rinaldi

In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll on her family and friends, and comes to understand the true nature of war.

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Published: Mar 2004

Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride (On M...

Marsha Amstel

The story of Sybil Ludington's ride on horseback to rouse American soldiers to fight against the British who were attacking Danbury, Connecticut during the American Revolution.

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Published: Sep 2000

Toliver's Secret

Esther Wood Brady

When her grandfather is injured, 10-year-old Ellen Toliver replaces him on atop-secret patriotic mission. Disguised as a boy, she manages to smuggle amessage to General George Washington. 'An unusually fine historical novel forthis a...

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Published: Oct 1993

My America: Our Strange New Land, Eli...

Patricia Hermes

In May 1607, three ships sailed up the James River in Virginia. In the riverbank marshes, they made land and hung the flag ­ England¹s flag ­ establishing the first permanent English colony in Jamestown Virginia. In 1609, the fir...

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Published: Apr 2002

Three Young Pilgrims

Cheryl Harness

When Bartholemew, Remember, and Mary Allerton and their parents first step down from the Mayflower after sixty days at sea, they never dream that life in the New World will be so hard. Many in their Plymouth colony won't make it throu...

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Published: Sep 1995

A Little Maid of Narragansett Bay

Alice Turner Curtis

Penelope Balfour and her brother Ted find ways to provide help to the American patriots camped near their Rhode Island farm during the Revolutionary War.

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Published: Apr 1998

Heroes of the Revolution

David A. Adler

From spying on the British to rescuing fallen soldiers on the battlefield, these twelve men and women stand as unforgettable heroes of Revolutionary War. David A. Adler's lively anecdotes and Don Smith's bold paintings present a dozen...

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Published: Apr 2006

The 18 Penny Goose (I Can Read Book 3...

Sally M. Walker

The British are coming! The American Revolution is being fought in the hills around Letty Wright's family's farm, and the Wrights must flee to safety. There is no time for Letty to bring Solomon the gander. Letty hopes the British don...

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Published: Apr 1999

A Little Maid of Old Maine

Alice Turner Curtis

To help the men of Machias, Maine, capture an English gunboat in June 1775, Rebecca and Anna undertake a dangerous journey through a forest to get ammunition for them.

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Published: Nov 1999

A Break with Charity: A Story about t...

Ann Rinaldi

Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she doesn't realize is that the girls are about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment and execution of co...

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Published: Jul 2003

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jem...

Lois Lenski

In this classic frontier adventure, Lois Lenskireconstructs the real life story of Mary Jemison, who was captured in a raid as young girl and raised amongst the Seneca Indians. Meticulously researched and illustrated with many detaile...

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Published: Jan 1995

Bull Run

Paul Fleischman

A Civil War drama told in sixteen voices, this 'is a heartbreaking and remarkably vivid portrait of a war that remains our nation's bloodiest conflict.… Fleischman's artistry is nothing short of astounding.' —Publishers Weekly. 'F...

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Published: May 1995

The Secret of Sarah Revere

Ann Rinaldi

Thirteen-year-old Sarah Revere knows her father is a hero. But she also knows that Paul Revere guards a secret about the start of the Revolutionary War that he'll tell no one--not his new wife, not his best friend, not even his truste...

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Published: Jul 2003

The Cabin Faced West

Jean Fritz

For Ann Hamilton, life out west was anything but adventurous. In fact, she had never been lonelier. She longed for the ease and comfort of the days with friends back in Gettysburg-until a stranger rode into Hamilton Hill and changed...

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Published: Aug 2001

The Fifth of March: A Story of the Bo...

Ann Rinaldi

Rachel Marsh is a servant in the Boston household of John Adams. But her loyalty to the Adams family is tested by her friendship with Matthew Kilroy, a British private who leads his soldiers in firing upon a mob of Boston citizens.

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Published: Mar 2004

Jump Ship to Freedom (Arabus Family S...

James Lincoln Collier

Young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford, Connecticut. By law they should be free, since Daniel's father fought in the Revolutionary army and earned enough in soldiers' notes to buy his ...

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Published: Feb 1987

Guns for General Washington: A Story ...

Seymour Reit

Seymour Reit re-creates the true story of Will Knox, a nineteen-year-old boy who undertook the daring and dangerous task of transporting 183 cannons from New York's Fort Ticonderoga to Boston--in the dead of winter--to help George Was...

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Published: Aug 2001

Arrow over the Door (Puffin Chapters)...

Joseph Bruchac

For young Samuel Russell, the summer of 1777 is a time of fear. The British Army is approaching, and the Indians in the area seem ready to attack. To Stands Straight, a young Abenaki Indian scouting for King George, Americans are dang...

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Published: Jul 2002

Blood on the River: James Town, 1607

Elisa Carbone

Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can't believe his good fortune. He's heard th...

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Published: Nov 2007

Finding Providence: The Story of Roge...

Avi

The year is 1635, and Mary Williams and her family live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her father, Roger, is on trial for preaching new ideas about freedom. When found guilty, he flees into the cold, telling Mary that she must trust...

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Published: Sep 1997

Hannah of Fairfield: Pioneer Daughter...

Jean Van Leeuwen

In Hannah of Fairfield, Hannah would rather be nursing a fragile spring lamb back to health than counting stitches. How can she concentrate when the war is so close? Everyone in Fairfield is doing all they can to help the colonial arm...

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Published: Aug 2000

A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tem...

Ann Rinaldi

The Revolutionary War is raging. General Wayne's soldiers are freezing, underpaid, and resentful. Whispers of mutiny abound. A stone's throw from the restless camp, Tempe Wick wages her own battle for survival. Despite her efforts, s...

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Published: Jul 2003

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island o...

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Published: Jan 2011
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