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Here is the hit for the following question=3A
I am looking for fiction books to order for my library that deal with =

the American Revolution=2E i would like to buy several at different =

reading levels to cover the wide range of patrons at my middle =

school=2E Could anyone give me some titles=3F


Johnny Tremain by Fox
My brother Sam is dead by Collier
=A0Journal of William Thomas Emerson/Denenberg
A stitch in Time/Rinaldi


Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes is an excellent book=2C in fact =

Disney has made it into a movie=2E =

Ray Wall



=22The Fighting Ground=22 =5BAvi=5D=2C both of which are set during this =

time period=2E
Milissa Robertson=2C LMS


Off the top of my head=2C our 5th gr=2E teachers (who teach Rev=2E War) =

often use =22The Fighting Ground=22 by Avi=2C =22Sarah Bishop=22 by Scott=
 =

O=27Dell=2C and =22The Battlefield Ghost=22 by Margery Cuyler=2E
Laurie Woodfin=2C Media Specialist


Check a catalog from Rockbottom Books=2E I just ordered/received a =

6 book  set (about 50 pages each title) on the American =

Revolution=2E About the 4th-6th grade level=2E Broken down into 2-4 =

page chapters=2C lots of  illustrations=2E I=27m please with them=2E
Sue Berger=2C Media Specialist


Ride into Morning/Rinaldi
Secret of Sarah Revere / Rinaldi
Time enough for Drums / Rinaldi
April Morning / Fast
The Rifle / Paulsen
Johnny Tremain / Forbes
The Fighting Ground / Avi
Early Thunder / Fritz
A Spy at Ticonderoga / Fisher
War Comes to Willy Freeman / Collier
Any book you have not read is a new book =3B-)
Maureen S=2E Irwin


Our 4th grades use these
George Washington=27s Socks by Elvira Woodruff (Scholastic)
Drums at Saratoga=A0 by Lisa Banim (Silver Moon Press)
Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin (Scholastic)
Daughter of Liberty by Robert M=2E Quackenbush (Hyperion)--true =

story=2C comments by author on amazon


Toliver=27s Secret by Esther Wood-Brady (Random House)
Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern (Scholastic)
Sarah Bishop by Scott O=27Dell =

Hope this helps
=7EMarie


Thank You for your help=2E
Sharonda Flanegan
Teacher-librarian
Spratley Middle School
Hampton=2C VA
sdflanegan=40sbo=2Ehampton=2Ek12=2Eva=2Eus

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