News travels slow in the colonies. It can take weeks or months to hear about an event, especially if you are out in the ocean! Everything written or printed must be hand delivered and everything spoken is subject to misinterpretation. That's why I like this book so much. It puts many of the events into plain fact and keeps me current in the who's who of our struggle for independence.
Take a trip in time to Philadelphia in 1776. The American colonies were fighting for freedom and the delegates of the Second Continental Congress were working to make a new nation with one of the most famous documents in history: the Declaration of Independence. Join author Elaine Landau and her dog Max, along with Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin, and see the writing of the Declaration and the Constitution that on which America is founded.
Written by Elaine Landau and available from Enslow Publishers.
Here's a story that I can really get behind. Another spirited young American playing a part to help his fellow countrymen fight off those filthy redcoats. And he's got a secret to keep, just like me!
Oliver Carter arrives in Boston in 1773 with the simple plan to work for Dr. Benjamin Church. However, the American colonists had grown tired of British tyranny and Boston was the center of rebellious activity. Oliver joins Dr. Church in the Sons of Liberty, a group of colonists fighting for the rebel cause. But Oliver discovers that his boss is a traitor, giving secrets to the British. What does Oliver do to warn his friends? Follow Oliver Carter in this spy story as he joins the rebellion, risks his life, and witnesses one of the climactic events beginning the American Revolution—the Boston Tea Party.
Written by Paul B. Thompson and available from Enslow Publishers.
