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Recommended Reading

Give Me Liberty

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

The Keeping Room by Anna Myers

My Brother Sam is Dead by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier

The Fighting Ground by Avi

The Secret of Sarah Revere and Or Give Me Death by Ann Rinaldi

Please see the bibliography of Give Me Liberty for an extensive list of recommended nonfiction books and 18th century journals for young people and adults.

The following books have come out since publication and are very good:

George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer

Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British during the American Revolution by Margaret Whitman Blair

Abigail & John by David Bruce Smith, illustrated by Clarice Smith (http://gratefulamericanbookseries.com/books/abigail-john/)

How Much Is True? Links To Learning More Recommended Reading Hear Music From the Revolutionary War "Writing and Teaching Historical Fiction" The ALAN Review Q&A on Re-enacting Kids BookShelf Q&A

Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn is an indentured servant laboring on a tobacco plantation in colonial Virginia. Life is hard, and it's about to get harder...