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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 34
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More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the American Revolution, "Rise to Rebellion" is a fictionalized account of history's most pivotal events: The Boston Tea Party, the battle of Concord, and of Bunker Hill. The author of the bestselling "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure" reveals with new immediacy how philosophers became fighters and how a scattered group of colonies became the United States of America.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 44
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In Rise to Rebellion, bestselling author Jeff Shaara captured the origins of the American Revolution as brilliantly as he depicted the Civil War in Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure. Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war.
It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their...
It was never a war in which the outcome was obvious. Despite their...
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Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Powerful leaders emerged during the victories and defeats of the Revolutionary War. Meet the people who planned the battles, led the attacks, and shaped the war between the Patriots and the Redcoats. Perfect for Common Core studies on analyzing multiple accounts of an event.
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c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"The Revolutionary War was a bloody eight-year battle. From the first gunshot in Lexington to the signing of the Treaty of Paris, see how America's fight for independence unfolded. Perfect for Common Core studies on analyzing the chronology of an event"--From the publisher's web site.
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Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"The first gunshot of the Revolutionary War became 'the shot heard round the world.' But years of tension led up to that first battle. And the war would prove to have major consequences for both sides. Perfect for Common Core studies on cause and effect relationships"--From the publisher's web site.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
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In her diary, eleven-year-old Hope writes about her life in 1778 Philadelphia as British Redcoats take over her family's house, her father fights with the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and she gains a new friend and new baby sister. Includes an historical note.