Age of Revolutions Booklist

Book recommendations pertaining to the Age of Revolutions (1700-1899).

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	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
In the Shadow of Liberty	Davis, Kenneth C.	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1705-1850	North America	United States	Slavery	NF Bio	CB
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
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts	Hall, Rebecca	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1708-2002	Africa North America	United States	Racism Atlantic Slave Trade Slave Revolts	NF	GN
Longitude	Sobel, Dava	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1715-1776	Europe	Great Britain	Sea Travel	NF Bio	N
Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia	Vincent, Zu	YA UMG	Age of Revolutions	1729-1796	Asia	Russia	Russian History	NF Bio	CB
George Washington: Life Stories of Extraordinary Americans	Time	MG	Age of Revolutions	1732-1799	North America	United States	George Washington	NF Bio	CB
The Ravenmaster's Secret	Woodruff, Elvira	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1735	Europe	Great Britain	Tower of London	F	CB
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
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn	Hoobler, Dorothy Hoobler, Thomasy	MG	Age of Revolutions	1735	Asia	Japan	Samurai	F	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
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
Copper Sun	Draper, Sharon M.	YA	Age of Revolutions	1738	North America	United States	Colonial America Atlantic Slave Trade	F	N
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
The Indigo Girl	Boyd, Natasha	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1739-1744	North America	United States	Colonial America Plantations Slavery	F	N
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
You Wouldn't Want to Be in the Forbidden City	Morley, Jacqueline	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.	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	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	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	MG	Age of Revolutions	1753-1784	North America	United States	Phillis Wheatley Slavery	NF Bio	ER
One Dead Spy	Hale, Nathan	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1755-1776	North America	United States	American Revolution Nathan Hale	NF Bio	GN
Notorious Benedict Arnold	Sheinkin, Steve	YA	Age of Revolutions	1755-1801	North America	United States	American Revolution Benedict Arnold	NF	B
Alexander Hamilton: Life Stories of Extraordinary Americans	Time	MG	Age of Revolutions	1755-1804	North America	United States	Alexander Hamilton	NF Bio	CB
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father	Kulling, Monica	MG	Age of Revolutions	1755-1804	North America	United States	Alexander Hamilton	NF Bio	ER
The Matchlock Gun	Edmonds, Walter D.	MG	Age of Revolutions	1756	North America	United States	13 Colonies	F	CB
Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine	DiConsiglio, John	YA UMG	Age of Revolutions	1758-1794	Europe	France	French Revolution	NF Bio	CB
The Lost King of France	Cadbury, Deborah	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1758-1794	Europe	France	French Revolution	NF Bio	B
The Red Palace	Hur, June	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1758	Asia	Korea	Joseon Era Political Murder	F	N
The Winter People	Bruchac, Joseph	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	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
Little: A Novel	Carey, Edward	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1761-1850	Europe	France	French Revolution Marie Tussaud	F Bio	N
Independent Dames	Anderson, Laurie Halse	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1765-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF Bio	PB
Stowaway	Rabin, Staton	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1768-1771	South Pacific	None	Explorers Sea Travel	F	N
The Bad Queen	Meyer, Carolyn	YA	Age of Revolutions	1768-1793	Europe	France	French Revolution	F	N
Napoleon: Emperor and Conqueror	Heuston, Kimberley	YA UMG	Age of Revolutions	1769-1821	Europe	France	French Empire	NF Bio	CB
The Boston Massacre: An Interactive History Adventure	Raum, Elizabeth	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	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1773	North America	United States	American Revolution Boston Tea Party	NF	PB
Johnny Tremain	Forbes, Esther	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1773-1775	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch	Latham, Jean Lee	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	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1773-1802	North America	United States	Colonial America Slavery Founding Fathers	NF Bio	CB
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
Toliver's Secret	Brady, Esther Wood	MG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	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
The Revolutionary War: An Interactive History Adventure	Raum, Elizabeth	MG	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
Answering the Cry for Freedom	Woelfle, Gretchen	MG UMG	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	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	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1775-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	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
The Battle of Bunker Hill: An Interactive History Adventure	Burgan, Michael	MG	Age of Revolutions	1775	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	CB
Homegoing	Gyasi, Yaa	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	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1776	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
1776	McCullough, David	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1776	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF	B
Chains	Anderson, Laurie Halse	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1776	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
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
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France	Rockliff, Mara	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1778	Europe	France	Scientific Discovery Benjamin Franklin	NF Bio	PB
Ashes	Anderson, Laurie Halse	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1781	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	CB
Susanna's Midnight Ride	McNamee, Libby Carty	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1781-1783	North America	United States	American Revolution	F	N
Revolution	Donnelly, Jennifer	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1785-1795	Europe	France	French Revolution	HF	N
Marley: A Novel	Clinch, Jon	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	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1787	Europe	Great Britain	Slavery Abolition	NF Bio	N
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1787	North America	United States	Constitutional Convention	NF Bio	PB
The Lacemaker and the Princess	Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1788	Europe	France	French Revolution	F	CB
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Convict Sent to Australia	Costain, Meredith	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1788-1868	Australia	Great Britain	English Colonies	NF	PB
Justin Morgan Had a Horse	Henry, Marguerite	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1791	North America	United States	War of 1812 Morgan Horse	F	CB
The Lost Apothecary	Penner, Sarah	A	Age of Revolutions	1791-2021	Europe	Great Britain	Plagues Women in Science London Poison	F	N
Lafayette!	Hale, Nathan	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1791-1792	North America	United States	American Revolution	NF Bio	GN
Fever 1793	Anderson, Laurie Halse	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	MG	Age of Revolutions	1799–1941	North America	United States	Child Labor	NF	CB
Pandora	Stokes-Chapman, Susan	A	Age of Revolutions	1799	Europe	Great Britain	Women in Art Greek Mythology	F	N

The 1800s

Topics include Abolitionism, Industrial Revolution, Antebellum South (North America), Opium Wars and Rebellions in China, Victorian Era, and American Civil War.

Book Title	Author	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
This Land Is Our Land	Barrett Osborne, Linda	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1800-1965	North America	United States	Immigration	NF	B
My Imaginary Mary	Hand, Cynthia Ashton, Brodi Meadows, Jodi	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1800-1851	Europe	Great Britain	Mary Shelley	HF Bio	N
The Silence of Bones	Hur, June	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	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1803-1806	North America	United States	Westward Expansion Explorers	NF	PB
Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure	Lassieur, Allison	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	YA UMG	Age of Revolutions	1803-1890	North America	United States	Westward Expansion	NF	B
Blades of Freedom	Hale, Nathan	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	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1804	North America	United States	Alexander Hamilton Aaron Burr	NF Bio	CB
Wolf by the Ears	Rinaldi, Ann	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	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1806-1826	North America	United States	Thomas Jefferson Slavery	F	CB
Stone River Crossing	Tingle, Tim	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	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	MG	Age of Revolutions	1809-1882	Europe	Great Britain	Evolution Charles Darwin	NF Bio	CB
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin	Meyer, Carolyn	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1809-1882	Europe	Great Britain	Evolution Charles Darwin	F Bio	N
Darwin and Evolution for Kids	Lawson, Kristan	UMG	Age of Revolutions	1809-1882	Europe	Great Britain	Evolution Charles Darwin	NF Bio	B
Lincoln: A Photobiography	Freedman, Russell	UMG YA	Age of Revolutions	1809-1865	North America	United States	Abraham Lincoln	NF Bio	B
The Firekeeper's Son	Park, Linda Sue	LE	Age of Revolutions	1810	Asia	Korea	Signal Fires	F	PB
Mill	Macaulay, David	LE MG	Age of Revolutions	1810	North America	United States	Building New England	F	PB
The Oregon Trail: An Interactive History Adventure	Doeden, Matt	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	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1812	Europe	Great Britain	Regency Era Retelling LGBTQ+	F	N
Sixteen Scandals	Jordan, Sophie	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1812	Europe	Great Britain	Regency Era	F	N
Riding Freedom	Muñoz Ryan, Pam	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1812-1879	North America	United States	Charlotte Parkhurst	F	CB
The White House is Burning	Sutcliffe, Jane	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1814	North America	United States	War of 1812 Disasters	F	CB
Betsy and the Emperor	Rabin, Staton	YA	Age of Revolutions	1815	Europe	France	French Empire	F	N
Otto Von Bismarck: Iron Chancellor of Germany	Heuston, Kimberly	YA UMG	Age of Revolutions	1815-1898	Europe	Germany	German Unification	NF Bio	CB
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?	Fritz, Jean	MG	Age of Revolutions	1815-1902	North America	United States	Elizabeth Cady Stanton Voting	NF Bio	PB
Talking Leaves	Bruchac, Joseph	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	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.	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1828-1839	Europe	Great Britain	Colonization Revolution Oxford	HF	N
Burial Rites	Kent, Hannah	A	Age of Revolutions	1829	Europe	Iceland	Execution	F	N
How I Became A Ghost	Tingle, Tim	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1830	North America	United States	Trail of Tears Indigenous Americans	F	CB
A Boy Called Slow	Bruchac, Joseph	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	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1834	Europe	Great Britain	Jane Eyre	HF	N
Leopold II: Butcher of the Congo	Olson, Tod	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	A	Age of Revolutions	1835	Europe	Great Britain	Victorian Era Food	F	N
The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey	Hochschild, Adam	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	MG	Age of Revolutions	1836	North America	United States	Texas Revolution	NF	CB
Alamo All-Stars	Hale, Nathan	MG UMG	Age of Revolutions	1836	North America	United States	Texas Revolution	NF	GN
The Queen's Spade	Raughley, Sarah	YA A	Age of Revolutions	1850-1862	Europe	Great Britain	Colonization Queen Victoria British Empire	F	N

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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