Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

1761--Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a slave. But she didn't let her circumstances keep her down.

She learned to read and write in English and Latin, and showed a natural gift for poetry. By the time she was twelve, her elegy at the death of the great pastor George Whitefield brought her worldwide acclaim. Phillis became known to heads of state, including George Washington himself, speaking out for American independence and the end of slavery.

She became the first African American to...

Johnny Tremain, winner of the 1944 Newbery Medal, is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. As compelling today as it was seventy years ago, to read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper, The Boston Observer, and as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty,...

Benjamin Nathan Tuggle thinks he's like any other twelve-year-old growing up in eastern Kentucky in 1976--until he learns he can travel back in time. Now his love of American history is more than just book knowledge; he actively participates in it.

In his newest adventure, Ben travels back to the year 1778 and the American Revolution. He visits with Martha Washington at Mount Vernon, where he sees the day-to-day operations of the famous Washington plantation. When Martha is called to be with her husband, Ben travels with her to winter with General Washington and...

When Revolutionary War Patriot Lamberton Clark is shot by British soldiers while on a mission for the Continental Army, he has only two hopes of getting the secret message he's carrying to General George Washington: his 14-year-old twin boys John and Ambrose. Upon discovering that their father is a spy in the Culper Spy Ring, the boys accept their mission without a clue about what they may be up against. They set off from Connecticut to New Jersey to find General Washington, but the road to the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army is full of obstacles; including the man who shot...

Leprechauns in running shoes, trolls who are afraid of the sunlight and three children unwittingly prepared to lead a revolution...

A small assemblage of Leprechauns makes their home in a land they name North Mystic. The tiny species are the descendants of immigrants who escaped from Ireland during the siege of Viking pirates in the 900's by stealing away in one of the Vikings' own longships.

For several years, they live in peace and prosperity, harvesting their gold from the roots of their shamrock fields. But, alas, all does not remain so idyllic. A band of Vikings crosses...

Greg is BACK Back in Time in Greg's Second Adventure in Time. As Greg once more time travels, he journeys to our nation's colonial period where he explores our country's new frontier, encounters hostile Indians, meets famous Americans, and helps win the American Revolution The Adventure in Time series for middle-grade readers strives to interest children in our nation's history by providing them with a fun, intimate learning experience through the eyes of another child. Children's Literary Classics awarded Greg's First Adventure in Time its seal of approval in...

Young Amelia liked living in colonial Fredericksburg and she was happy working for Mr. and Mrs. Brown. She had bigger dreams, however, for her future. It wouldn't be easy, since she was an orphan, a servant, and, worst of all, a girl. In 1771 Virginia, girl's didn't do the kind of things that Amelia dreamed of.

Amelia was stubborn, though, and that wasn't going to stop her -- or so she thought. But was she wrong? After all, she wasn't even twelve years old. What did she really know about the world of colonial Virginia. She didn't even know that her life was about to undergo a sudden...