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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AVIMessner, Kate
Summary: Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever and young Isaac Pope come together in 1776 during Washington's retreat after the Battle of Long Island, and Ranger stays with Isaac while he slowly recovers from Smallpox--but Ranger's real mission comes later when Isaac is sent to spy out the Hessian troops' intentions before the Battle of Trenton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MESBraun, Eric
Summary: An interactive Revolutionary War adventure where the reader determines their role during a critical time in the fight for independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BRAJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: During the time of the Revolution, Felicity must figure out who is making false accusations, saying that her father is a traitor and helping the British.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONCornwell, Bernard.
Summary: After the British establish a fort on the Penobscot River, the Massachusetts patriots--among them General Peleg Wadsworth and Colonel Paul Revere--mount an expedition to oust the redcoats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC CORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Cornwell 2010Jones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: During the time of the Revolution, Felicity must figure out who is making false accusations, saying that her father is a traitor and helping the British.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGM JonAnderson, M. T.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2006
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDSummary: While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2008
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Series John 2008Limbaugh, Rush H.
Summary: Substitute middle-school history teacher Rush Revere takes his students back in time to eighteenth-century Boston to experience the start of the American Revolution as it happens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LIMAnderson, M. T.
Summary: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ANDDenenberg, Barry.
Summary: William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DENGriffin, Kitty.
Summary: Recounts the legend of North Carolina teenager, Betsy Dowdy, whose courageous ride on a cold December night in 1775 may have played a crucial role in the American Revolution.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction Griffin 2010Paulsen, Gary.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2010
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Summary: After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FORJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: 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 Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONLimbaugh, Rush H.
Summary: Rush Revere rides again! Saddle up with Rush Limbaugh's really good pal for a new time-travel adventure. "Whoa there, young historians! Before we go rush, rush, rushing off anywhere, I'd like a moment. I'm Liberty, Rush Revere's loquacious equine companion -- his trusty talking horse! Always at the ready to leap from the twenty-first century into America's past, that's me. When he says 'Let's...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD J LIMAnderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ANDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AndCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Anderson 2008Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDEggers, Dave
Summary: In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 974.71 Eggers 2018Gregory, Kristiana.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA 2Dray, Stephanie
Summary: "An epic generational saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray, based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy in some of humanity's darkest hours. Most castles are protected by powerful men. This one by women... A reluctant resistor... 1940. French schoolteacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DRADray, Stephanie
Summary: "An epic generational saga from New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray, based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy in some of humanity's darkest hours. Most castles are protected by powerful men. This one by women... A reluctant resistor... 1940. French schoolteacher and aspiring artist Marthe Simone has an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC DRA (BOOK CLUB KIT-8 paperbacks)Hale, Nathan
Summary: Tells the story of the Marquis de Lafayette, both what happened before and during the American Revolution, including all the Frenchman's escapades across France and the colonies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 HALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC HALSummary: Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War and becomes a patriot, fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY JOHHering, Marianne.
Summary: When the Imagination Station sends time-traveling cousins Patrick and Beth to a ship that is captured by the British during the Revolutionary War, they are befriended by James Forten, a free Black of Philadelphia, and help save the life of an imprisoned boy dying of scurvy. Includes a secret word puzzle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2014