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  • Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Gulliver Books, July 4, 2003)
    Sarah Henry, wife of the famous statesman Patrick Henry, is losing her mind, and she's secretly being kept in the cellar because she is a danger to herself and her children. Daughter Anne has a secret, too. She knows which child will inherit Sarah's madness, and she'll pay any price to protect her siblings from this information. With insight and compassion, Ann Rinaldi explores the possibility that Patrick Henry's immortal cry of "Give me liberty, or give me death," which roused a nation to arms, was first spoken by his wife, Sarah, as she pleaded to be released from her confinement. Told from the point of view of Patrick Henry's children, Or Give Me Death eloquently depicts the secret life and tremendous burdens borne by one famous American.
    V

  • Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution

    Seymour Reit

    Library Binding
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  • The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre

    Ann Rinaldi

    Paperback (Gulliver Books Paperbacks, Nov. 30, 1993)
    “Carefully researched and lovingly written, Rinaldi’s latest presents a girl indentured to John and Abigail Adams during the tense period surrounding the 1770 Massacre. . . . Fortuitously timed, a novel that illuminates a moment from our past that has strong parallels to recent events. Bibliography.”--Kirkus Reviews
    Y

  • A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials

    Ann Rinaldi

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, July 1, 2003)
    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 countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should she keep quiet and let the witch-hunt panic continue, or should she "break charity" with the group--and risk having her own family members named as witches?Reader's guide included.
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  • Indio

    Sherry Garland

    Hardcover (Gulliver Books, May 1, 1995)
    On the day she is to marry, Ipa is captured by Spanish conquistadors and sold into slavery in a Mexican silver mine, where a Spanish soldier's kindness is the only relief from the exploitation of her and her relatives.
    Z

  • The Secret of Sarah Revere

    Ann Rinaldi

    Paperback (Gulliver Books Paperbacks, Nov. 1, 1995)
    The spunky daughter of the famed Paul Revere tells the story of her father’s rides and the intelligence network of the Patriot community prior to the American Revolution. Ann Rinaldi’s impeccable research and keen perception of adolescent angst create a look back in time that remains powerfully relevant today.
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  • A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials

    Ann Rinaldi

    Paperback (Graphia, July 1, 2003)
    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 countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should she keep quiet and let the witch-hunt panic continue, or should she "break charity" with the group--and risk having her own family members named as witches? Reader's guide included.
    X

  • The Secret of Sarah Revere

    Ann Rinaldi

    Paperback (Graphia, July 1, 2003)
    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 trusted daughter. It seems everyone in her family has secrets. Sarah's even got one of her own--and it's tearing her apart. Reader's guide included.
    X

  • Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family

    Ann Rinaldi

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 2004)
    Patrick Henry, the famous statesman, has a secret: He keeps his wife in the cellar. Slowly losing her mind, Sarah Henry has become a danger to herself and her children. But daughter Anne has a secret of her own: She knows which child will inherit their mother's madness. Told from the point of view of the Henry children, this compassionate tale explores the possibility that Patrick Henry's immortal cry of "Give me liberty, or give me death," which roused a nation to arms, was first spoken by his wife as she pleaded for her own freedom."""Includes a reader's guide."
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  • Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South

    Ann Rinaldi

    Paperback (Gulliver Books Paperbacks, May 1, 2000)
    A young girl living in South Carolina during the American Revolution discovers the duplicity within herself and others.
    Y

  • The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre

    Ann Rinaldi

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, March 1, 2004)
    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.
    Y

  • The Legend of Jimmy Spoon

    Kristiana Gregory

    Paperback (Graphia, June 1, 2002)
    Twelve-year-old Jimmy Spoon yearns for a life of adventure. So when two Shoshoni boys offer him a horse, Jimmy sneaks away from his family in Salt Lake City to follow the boys. When Jimmy arrives at the Shoshoni camp, he discovers that he is expected to stay--as a member of the tribe! Inspired by the memoirs of a white man who actually lived with Chief Washakie's tribe as a boy in the mid-1800s, The Legend of Jimmy Spoon is a compelling coming-of-age adventure.
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