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Book recommendations pertaining to the Age of Revolutions (1700-1839).
The 1700s
Topics include French and Indian War, Catherine the Great, Captain James Cook’s voyages, British Empire, American Revolution and French Revolution.
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the Shadow of Liberty | Davis, Kenneth C. | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1705-1850 | North America | United States | Slavery | NF Bio | CB |
| What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1706-1790 | North America | United States | American Revolution Benjamin Franklin | NF Bio | PB |
| Ben and Me | Fritz, Jean | 1988 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1706-1790 | North America | United States | American Revolution Benjamin Franklin | F | PB |
| Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts | Hall, Rebecca | 2022 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1708-2002 | Africa North America | United States | Racism Atlantic Slave Trade Slave Revolts | NF | GN |
| Longitude | Sobel, Dava | 2007 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1715-1776 | Europe | Great Britain | Sea Travel | NF Bio | N |
| Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia | Vincent, Zu | 2009 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1729-1796 | Asia | Russia | Russian History | NF Bio | CB |
| George Washington: Life Stories of Extraordinary Americans | Time | 2018 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1732-1799 | North America | United States | George Washington | NF Bio | CB |
| The Ravenmaster's Secret | Woodruff, Elvira | 2005 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1735 | Europe | Great Britain | Tower of London | F | CB |
| And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? | Fritz, Jean | 1996 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1735-1810 | North America | United States | American Revolution Paul Revere | NF Bio | PB |
| The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn | Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler, Thomasy | 2005 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1735 | Asia | Japan | Samurai | F | PB |
| Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1736-1799 | North America | United States | American Revolution Patrick Henry | NF Bio | PB |
| George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides | Schanzer, Rosalyn | 2007 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1738-1783 | Europe North America | Great Britain United States | American Revolution King George III George Washington | NF Bio | PB |
| Copper Sun | Draper, Sharon M. | 2006 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 1738 | North America | United States | Colonial America Atlantic Slave Trade | F | N |
| King George III: America's Enemy | Brooks, Philip | 2009 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1738-1820 | Europe | Great Britain | American Revolution King George III | NF Bio | CB |
| Someone Knows My Name | Hill, Lawrence | 2007 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1745-1802 | North America Africa Europe | United States Canada Sierra Leone Great Britain | American Revolution | F | N |
| You Wouldn't Want to Be in the Forbidden City | Morley, Jacqueline | 2008 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1750 | Asia | China | Beijing | NF | PB |
| Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America | Wong, David H.Y. | 2012 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1750-2000 | North America | United States | Chinese Immigration | NF Bio | GN |
| Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? | Fritz, Jean | 1977 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1751-1820 | Europe | United States Great Britain | American Revolution King George III | NF Bio | PB |
| My Name is Phillis Wheatley | Cooper, Afua | 2021 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1753-1784 | North America | United States | Phillis Wheatley Slavery Poets and Writers | NF Bio | CB |
| A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet | Lasky, Kathryn | 2017 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1753-1784 | North America | United States | Phillis Wheatley Slavery | NF Bio | ER |
| One Dead Spy | Hale, Nathan | 2020 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1776 | North America | United States | American Revolution Nathan Hale | NF Bio | GN |
| Alexander Hamilton: Life Stories of Extraordinary Americans | Time | 2018 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1804 | North America | United States | Alexander Hamilton | NF Bio | CB |
| Notorious Benedict Arnold | Sheinkin, Steve | 2013 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1801 | North America | United States | American Revolution Benedict Arnold | NF | B |
| Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father | Kulling, Monica | 2017 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1755-1804 | North America | United States | Alexander Hamilton | NF Bio | ER |
| The Matchlock Gun | Edmonds, Walter D. | 1941 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1756 | North America | United States | 13 Colonies | F | CB |
| Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine | DiConsiglio, John | 2008 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1758-1794 | Europe | France | French Revolution | NF Bio | CB |
| The Lost King of France | Cadbury, Deborah | 2002 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1758-1794 | Europe | France | French Revolution | NF Bio | B |
| The Red Palace | Hur, June | 2022 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1758 | Asia | Korea | Joseon Era Political Murder | F | N |
| The Winter People | Bruchac, Joseph | 2004 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1759 | North America | United States | Abenaki Nation Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
| Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? | Fritz, Jean | 1996 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1760-1803 | North America | United States | American Revolution Sam Adams | NF Bio | PB |
| Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1761-1793 | North America | United States | American Revolution John Hancock | NF Bio | PB |
| Little: A Novel | Carey, Edward | 2019 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1761-1850 | Europe | France | French Revolution Marie Tussaud | F Bio | N |
| Independent Dames | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2008 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1765-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF Bio | PB |
| Stowaway | Rabin, Staton | 2002 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1768-1771 | South Pacific | None | Explorers Sea Travel | F | N |
| The Bad Queen | Meyer, Carolyn | 2010 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 1768-1793 | Europe | France | French Revolution | F | N |
| Napoleon: Emperor and Conqueror | Heuston, Kimberley | 2009 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1769-1821 | Europe | France | French Empire | NF Bio | CB |
| The Boston Massacre: An Interactive History Adventure | Raum, Elizabeth | 2016 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1770 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | CB |
| You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party | Cook, Peter | 2013 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1773 | North America | United States | American Revolution Boston Tea Party | NF | PB |
| Johnny Tremain | Forbes, Esther | 1943 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1773-1775 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | Latham, Jean Lee | 1955 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1773-1838 | North America | United States | Nathaniel Bowditch Sea Travel | F Bio | CB |
| Never Caught, The Story of Ona Judge | Armstrong Dunbar, Erica | 2019 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1773-1802 | North America | United States | Colonial America Slavery Founding Fathers | NF Bio | CB |
| The Boston Tea Party | Freedman, Russell | 2013 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1773 | North America | United States | American Revolution Boston Tea Party | NF | PB |
| History Smashers: The American Revolution | Messner, Kate | 2021 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | B |
| Toliver's Secret | Brady, Esther Wood | 1976 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| Black Heroes of the American Revolution | Davis, Burke | 1992 | UMG MG | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | CB |
| Guts & Glory: The American Revolution | Thompson, Ben | 2019 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | CB |
| Paul Revere's Ride | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | 1996 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1775 | Europe North America | United States | American Revolution Paul Revere | F Bio | PB |
| Answering the Cry for Freedom | Woelfle, Gretchen | 2016 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | CB |
| The Revolutionary War: An Interactive History Adventure | Raum, Elizabeth | 2016 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | CB |
| Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue | Casey, Susan | 2017 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF Bio | B |
| My Brother Sam Is Dead | Collier, James Lincoln Collier, Christopher | 2005 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| King George: What Was His Problem? | Sheinkin, Steve | 2005 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1775-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution King George III | NF | CB |
| The Battle of Bunker Hill: An Interactive History Adventure | Burgan, Michael | 2016 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1775 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | CB |
| Homegoing | Gyasi, Yaa | 2016 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1775-2016 | Africa North America | United States | Racism African American History Atlantic Slave Trade Great Migration Civil Rights | F OV | N |
| Attack of the Turtle | Carlson, Drew | 2007 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1776 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution | Avi | 2013 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1776 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| 1776 | McCullough, David | 2006 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1776 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF | B |
| Chains | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2008 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1776 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| Forge | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2010 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1777 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| By the Light of Fireflies | Walsh, Jenni L. | 2021 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1777 | North America | United States | American Revolution Sybil Ludington Spies | F | CB |
| Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France | Rockliff, Mara | 2017 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1778 | Europe | France | Scientific Discovery Benjamin Franklin | NF Bio | PB |
| Ashes | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2016 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1781 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | CB |
| Susanna's Midnight Ride | McNamee, Libby Carty | 2018 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1781-1783 | North America | United States | American Revolution | F | N |
| Revolution | Donnelly, Jennifer | 2010 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1785-1795 | Europe | France | French Revolution | HF | N |
| Marley: A Novel | Clinch, Jon | 2019 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1787-1836 | Europe | Great Britain | Charles Dickens | F | B |
| Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves | Hochschild, Adam | 2017 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1787 | Europe | Great Britain | Slavery Abolition | NF Bio | N |
| Shh! We're Writing the Constitution | Fritz, Jean | 1997 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1787 | North America | United States | Constitutional Convention | NF Bio | PB |
| The Lacemaker and the Princess | Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | 2007 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1788 | Europe | France | French Revolution | F | CB |
| You Wouldn't Want to Be a Convict Sent to Australia | Costain, Meredith | 2016 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1788-1868 | Australia | Great Britain | English Colonies | NF | PB |
| Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Henry, Marguerite | 2006 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1791 | North America | United States | War of 1812 Morgan Horse | F | CB |
| The Lost Apothecary | Penner, Sarah | 2021 | A | Age of Revolutions | 1791-2021 | Europe | Great Britain | Plagues Women in Science London Poison | F | N |
| Lafayette! | Hale, Nathan | 2018 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1791-1792 | North America | United States | American Revolution | NF Bio | GN |
| Fever 1793 | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 2000 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1793 | North America | United States | Plagues Yellow Fever | F | CB |
| The Child Labor Reform Movement: An Interactive History Adventure | Otfinoski, Steven | 2014 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1799–1941 | North America | United States | Child Labor | NF | CB |
| Pandora | Stokes-Chapman, Susan | 2023 | A | Age of Revolutions | 1799 | Europe | Great Britain | Women in Art Greek Mythology | F | N |
1800-1839
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Land Is Our Land | Barrett Osborne, Linda | 2016 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1800-1965 | North America | United States | Immigration | NF | B |
| My Imaginary Mary | Hand, Cynthia Ashton, Brodi Meadows, Jodi | 2022 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1800-1851 | Europe | Great Britain | Mary Shelley | HF Bio | N |
| The Silence of Bones | Hur, June | 2021 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1800 | Asia | Korea | political murder Joseon Era | F | N |
| You Wouldn’t Want to Explore with Lewis and Clark | Morley, Jacqueline | 2013 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1803-1806 | North America | United States | Westward Expansion Explorers | NF | PB |
| Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure | Lassieur, Allison | 2016 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1803-1840 | North America | United States | Westward Expansion | NF | CB |
| Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion | Sheinkin, Steve | 2015 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1803-1890 | North America | United States | Westward Expansion | NF | B |
| Blades of Freedom | Hale, Nathan | 2020 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1803-1804 | North America | United States | Louisiana Purchase | NF | GN |
| The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr | St. George, Judith | 2016 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1804 | North America | United States | Alexander Hamilton Aaron Burr | NF Bio | CB |
| Wolf by the Ears | Rinaldi, Ann | 1991 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1806-1826 | North America | United States | Thomas Jefferson Slavery | F | CB |
| Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children | Brubaker Bradley, Kimberly | 2016 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1806-1826 | North America | United States | Thomas Jefferson Slavery | F | CB |
| Stone River Crossing | Tingle, Tim | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1808 | North America | United States | Choctaw Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
| Crossing Bok Chitto: A Chocktaw Tale of Friendshipe and Freedom | Tingle, Tim | 2008 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1808 | North America | United States | Choctaw Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | PB |
| One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin | Lasky, Kathryn | 2009 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1882 | Europe | Great Britain | Evolution Charles Darwin | NF Bio | CB |
| The True Adventures of Charley Darwin | Meyer, Carolyn | 2011 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1882 | Europe | Great Britain | Evolution Charles Darwin | F Bio | N |
| Darwin and Evolution for Kids | Lawson, Kristan | 2003 | UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1882 | Europe | Great Britain | Evolution Charles Darwin | NF Bio | B |
| Lincoln: A Photobiography | Freedman, Russell | 1987 | UMG YA | Age of Revolutions | 1809-1865 | North America | United States | Abraham Lincoln | NF Bio | B |
| The Firekeeper's Son | Park, Linda Sue | 2000 | LE | Age of Revolutions | 1810 | Asia | Korea | Signal Fires | F | PB |
| Mill | Macaulay, David | 1989 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1810 | North America | United States | Building New England | F | PB |
| The Oregon Trail: An Interactive History Adventure | Doeden, Matt | 2013 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1811-1840 | North America | United States | Oregon Trail Westward Expansion | NF | CB |
| Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix | Novoa, Gabe Cole | 2024 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1812 | Europe | Great Britain | Regency Era Retelling LGBTQ+ | F | N |
| Sixteen Scandals | Jordan, Sophie | 2021 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1812 | Europe | Great Britain | Regency Era | F | N |
| Riding Freedom | Muñoz Ryan, Pam | 1998 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1812-1879 | North America | United States | Charlotte Parkhurst | F | CB |
| The White House is Burning | Sutcliffe, Jane | 2020 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1814 | North America | United States | War of 1812 Disasters | F | CB |
| Betsy and the Emperor | Rabin, Staton | 2006 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 1815 | Europe | France | French Empire | F | N |
| Otto Von Bismarck: Iron Chancellor of Germany | Heuston, Kimberly | 2009 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1815-1898 | Europe | Germany | German Unification | NF Bio | CB |
| You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? | Fritz, Jean | 1995 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1815-1902 | North America | United States | Elizabeth Cady Stanton Voting | NF Bio | PB |
| Talking Leaves | Bruchac, Joseph | 2016 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1821 | North America | United States | Cherokee Alphabet Indigenous Americans Cherokee Nation | F | CB |
| When a Ghost Talks, Listen | Tingle, Tim | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1824-2018 | North America | United States | Trail of Tears Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
| Babel: or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History | Kuang, R.F. | 2022 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1828-1839 | Europe | Great Britain | Colonization Revolution Oxford | HF | N |
| Burial Rites | Kent, Hannah | 2013 | A | Age of Revolutions | 1829 | Europe | Iceland | Execution | F | N |
| How I Became A Ghost | Tingle, Tim | 2015 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1830 | North America | United States | Trail of Tears Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
| A Boy Called Slow | Bruchac, Joseph | 1998 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1831 | North America | United States | Sitting Bull Indigenous Americans | NF | PB |
| My Plain Jane | Hand, Cynthia Ashton, Brodi Meadows, Jodi | 2018 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1834 | Europe | Great Britain | Jane Eyre | HF | N |
| Leopold II: Butcher of the Congo | Olson, Tod | 2008 | YA UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1835-1909 | Africa | Belgium Congo | Congo Free State Leopold II | NF Bio | CB |
| Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship | Abbs, Annabel | 2021 | A | Age of Revolutions | 1835 | Europe | Great Britain | Victorian Era Food | F | N |
| The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey | Hochschild, Adam | 2007 | YA A | Age of Revolutions | 1836–1839 | Africa | South Africa | Colonial Africa | NF | N |
| The Battle of the Alamo: An Interactive History Adventure | Leavitt, Amie Jane | 2016 | MG | Age of Revolutions | 1836 | North America | United States | Texas Revolution | NF | CB |
| Alamo All-Stars | Hale, Nathan | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1836 | North America | United States | Texas Revolution | NF | GN |
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| Reading Age | Genre | Format |
| LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |