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Books in Adventures in the American Revolution series

  • Submarines, Secrets and a Daring Rescue

    Robert J. Skead, Robert A. Skead

    Hardcover (Zonderkidz, Aug. 4, 2015)
    In this second book in the American Revolutionary War Adventure series, Submarines, Secrets, and a Daring Rescue, twins Ambrose and John Clark find themselves volunteering for another mission to help the newly forming United States. Inspired by their success in delivering a secret message to General George Washington himself, the boys step up to help transport much-needed gunpowder to the patriots and end up in an even more dangerous situation, trying to man one of the first submarines and then, later, attempting a prison break to rescue one of their older brothers.Follow these brave young patriots as they follow in their father’s footsteps and rely on each other, their considerable courage, and God’s providence for guidance and strength.
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  • Patriots, Redcoats and Spies

    Robert J. Skead, Robert A. Skead

    Hardcover (Zonderkidz, Feb. 3, 2015)
    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 their father who is hot on their trail.
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  • Eighteen Roses Red: A Young Girl's Heroic Mission in the Revolutionary War

    Ruth H. Maxwell

    Paperback (White Mane Kids, Sept. 29, 2006)
    Eighteen roses red, a wounded Rebel soldier whispers, and with those words thirteen-year-old Anne Elizabeth Brewster is drawn into a daring adventure. In a colony of New Jersey in 1777, the American Revolution is tearing apart Anne s family. And now a Rebel soldier lies near death in her home with an important message for General Washington one that might well save many lives. Can she keep the coded message concealed and deliver it to General Washington in time?
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  • Annie Henry and the Secret Mission: Adventures in the American Revolution - Book 1

    Susan Olasky

    Paperback (P & R Publishing, July 7, 2011)
    With war on the horizon, Patrick Henry must often be away from his plantation and family. But his ten-year-old daughter Annie is determined to help the cause for freedom in any way she can.This first book of the Adventures in the American Revolution series (short-listed for the Crown Book Awards), gives young people an exciting look at life during America's War of Independence.
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  • Annie Henry and the Redcoats: Adventures in the American Revolution - Book 4

    Susan Olasky

    Paperback (P & R Publishing, July 7, 2011)
    Moving from the capital city, Williamsburg, to a frontier town doesn't mean less trouble for Annie! Especially when being in Richmond brings her closer to the Revolutionary War than she'd ever counted on . . .This fourth and final book of the Adventures in the American Revolution series (short-listed for the Crown Book Awards), gives young people an exciting look at life during America's War of Independence.
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  • Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger: Adventures in the American Revolution - Book 3

    Susan Olasky

    Paperback (P & R Publishing, July 7, 2011)
    A new home in a governor's mansion means new troubles for Annie. As she deals with others' high expectations of her, a scary stranger tells her that her dad is important . . .This third book of the Adventures in the American Revolution series (short-listed for the Crown Book Awards), gives young people an exciting look at life during America's War of Independence.
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  • The Great Land Rush

    Sally Senzell Isaacs

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 8, 2003)
    Discover why many thousands of people in the East left their homes, jobs, relatives, and friends in the 1890s and headed west. Learn what it was like to join one of the great runs to claim land in Indian Territory.
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  • Annie Henry and the Birth of Liberty: Adventures in the American Revolution - Book 2

    Susan Olasky

    Paperback (P & R Publishing, July 7, 2011)
    With her father and famous patriot, Patrick Henry, away from home, Annie bravely deals with problems of her own. And when she least expects it, she witnesses the birth of liberty itself!This second book of the Adventures in the American Revolution series (short-listed for the Crown Book Awards), gives young people an exciting look at life during America's War of Independence.
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  • Annie Henry and the Redcoats - Adventures in the American Revolution Book 4

    Susan Olasky

    Hardcover (P & R Publishing, Aug. 16, 2011)
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  • Colonies in Revolt

    Alden R. Carter

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1988)
    Examines how the once strong colony-mother-country relationship between America and Britain began to sour through the 1760s and 1770s, planting the roots for the once unthinkable idea of revolution
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  • The Oregon Trail

    Sally Senzell Isaacs

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Sept. 8, 2003)
    Discover how between 1810 and 1870 more than 300,000 people traveled west to Oregon Country along trails that were once footpaths used by American Indians. Learn what it was like to join one of the wagon trains leaving Missouri.
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  • The Battle of Yorktown

    Dee Ready

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Details the last major battle of the American Revolution, the Battle of Yorktown, which brought victory to the American Patriots. Discusses how American and Britain came to war, the role for the French, and some of the other battles fought.
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