American Revolution Booklist

Book recommendations pertaining to the American Revolution.

Book Title	Author	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1706-1790	North America	United States	American Revolution Benjamin Franklin	NF Bio	PB
Ben and Me	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1706-1790	North America	United States	American Revolution Benjamin Franklin	F	PB
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1735-1810	North America	United States	American Revolution Paul Revere	NF Bio	PB
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1736-1799	North America	United States	American Revolution Patrick Henry	NF Bio	PB
King George III: America's Enemy	Brooks, Philip	YA UMG	Age of Revolutions	1738-1820	Europe	Great Britain	American Revolution King George III	NF Bio	CB
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides	Schanzer, Rosalyn	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1738-1783	Europe North America	Great Britain United States	American Revolution King George III George Washington	NF Bio	PB
Someone Knows My Name	Hill, Lawrence	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1745-1802	North America Africa Europe	United States Canada Sierra Leone Great Britain	American Revolution	F	N
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1751-1820	Europe	United States Great Britain	American Revolution King George III	NF Bio	PB
Notorious Benedict Arnold	Sheinkin, Steve	YA	Age of Revolutions	1755-1801	North America	United States	American Revolution Benedict Arnold	NF	B
One Dead Spy	Hale, Nathan	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1755-1776	North America	United States	American Revolution Nathan Hale	NF Bio	GN
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?	Fritz, Jean	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	MG	Age of Revolutions	1761-1793	North America	United States	American Revolution John Hancock	NF Bio	PB
Independent Dames	Anderson, Laurie Halse	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1765-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF Bio	PB
The Boston Massacre: An Interactive History Adventure	Raum, Elizabeth	MG	Age of Revolutions	1770	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
Johnny Tremain	Forbes, Esther	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1773-1775	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party	Cook, Peter	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1773	North America	United States	American Revolution Boston Tea Party	NF	PB
The Boston Tea Party	Freedman, Russell	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1773	North America	United States	American Revolution Boston Tea Party	NF	PB
History Smashers: The American Revolution	Messner, Kate	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	B
Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue	Casey, Susan	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF Bio	B
The Battle of Bunker Hill: An Interactive History Adventure	Burgan, Michael	MG	Age of Revolutions	1775	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
Black Heroes of the American Revolution	Davis, Burke	UMG MG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
Guts & Glory: The American Revolution	Thompson, Ben	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
Paul Revere's Ride	Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth	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	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
My Brother Sam Is Dead	Collier, James Lincoln Collier, Christopher	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
The Revolutionary War: An Interactive History Adventure	Raum, Elizabeth	MG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
King George: What Was His Problem?	Sheinkin, Steve	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution King George III	NF	CB
Toliver's Secret	Brady, Esther Wood	MG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution	Avi	MG	Age of Revolutions	1776	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
Chains	Anderson, Laurie Halse	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1776	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
Attack of the Turtle	Carlson, Drew	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1776	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
1776	McCullough, David	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1776	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	B
Forge	Anderson, Laurie Halse	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1777	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
By the Light of Fireflies	Walsh, Jenni L.	MG	Age of Revolutions	1777	North America	United States	American Revolution Sybil Ludington Spies	F	CB
Susanna's Midnight Ride	McNamee, Libby Carty	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1781-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	N
Ashes	Anderson, Laurie Halse	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1781	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
Lafayette!	Hale, Nathan	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1791-1792	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF Bio	GN

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8 – 12) UMG = upper-middle grade (11 – 14) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult	NF - non-fiction F = fiction Bio = Biography HF = historical fantasy OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book N = novel