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1) Shh! we're writing the Constitution

Author

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

c1987

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

2) Alexander Hamilton: the outsider

Author

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Formats

Book (Paperback), CD Book

Description

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An acclaimed biographer writes the remarkable story of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's most influential and fascinating founding fathers, and his untimely death in a duel with Aaron Burr.

3) Will you sign here, John Hancock?

Author

Publisher

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

Pub. Date

[1976]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the first signer of the Declaration of Independence outlining all that he did for himself as well as what he did for Massachusetts and his new nation.

4) Why don't you get a horse, Sam Adams?

Author

Publisher

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

Pub. Date

c1974

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A brief biography of Samuel Adams describing his activities in stirring up the revolt against the British and how he was finally persuaded to learn to ride a horse.

5) And then what happened, Paul Revere?

Author

Publisher

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

Pub. Date

c1973

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride.

6) Why not, Lafayette?

Author

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

Description

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Traces the life of the French nobleman who fought for democracy in revolutions in both the United States and France.

7) You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?

Author

Publisher

Putnam's

Pub. Date

c1995

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

8) George Washington's mother

Author

Series

All aboard reading

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

c1992

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children.

9) Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher preachers

Author

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

10) Leonardo's horse

Author

Publisher

Putnam's

Pub. Date

c2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

11) Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt!

Author

Publisher

PaperStar

Pub. Date

1997, c1991

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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Follows the life of the dynamic twenty-sixth president, discussing his conservation work, hunting expeditions, family life, and political career.

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