El Estanque del Mirlo (the Witch of Blackbird Pond)
by Elizabeth George Speare
Jobs, Women and Slaves - Colonial America History Book 5th Grade Children's American History
by Baby Professor
In 1735 in New York City, a young printer's apprentice learns about the importance of freedom of speech when the printer Peter Zenger is arrested and tried for writing articles criticizing the government.
Determined to avenge the massacre of his family, fourteen-year-old Robert Bradford joins Nathaniel Bacon's rebel army in hopes of wiping out the Susquehannock Indians of Virginia.
Spies at Mount Vernon (Virginia Mysteries, #7)
by Steven K Smith
From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories... Nevis Island, Caribbean, 1680 Red-legs Greaves has been a slave, a pirate, and a rich sugar planter. Now he's a prisoner. And next morning, he'll be dead - hanged by the neck for piracy! His only friend is a slave girl called Lou. Can Lou do anything to save Red-legs? It would take a miracle... A fantastic story blending pirate legend with historical fact and Terry Deary's vividly imagined characters. Book Band: Grey Ideal for ages 8+ Quizz...
Mercy Clifton (Crimson Cross, #2)
by Peter Marshall, David Manuel, and Sheldon Maxwell
The Pirate Captain (Terry Deary's Historical Tales) (Pirate Tales)
by Terry Deary
The North Atlantic, 1726 Captain Fly is the greatest pirate to sail the seven seas - or so he says. But his captives Jed and Arthur think he's a bad-tempered bully. Now Captain Fly has ordered his prisoners to work for him as pirates, or he'll kill them! It's time to stop the cruel captain for good... A fantastic story blending pirate legend with historical fact and Terry Deary's vividly imagined characters!
In a text that mirrors their language and thoughts, Marcia Sewall has masterfully recreated the coming of the pilgrims to the New World, and the daily flow of their days during the first years in the colony they called Plimoth. Aye, Governor Bradford calls us pilgrims. We are English and England was our home...But our lives were ruled by King James, and for many years it seemed as though our very hearts were in prison in England... September, 1620, our lives changed. We were seventy menfolk and...
Ghost Pirates (Young Heroes, #6)
by Zak Lyon, Storyshopusa, and John Jenkins
Witch Hunt Step 4 (Step Into Reading: A Step 4 Book)
by Dr Stephen Krensky
Hendricks(x) Ancestor Tales (Hendricks(x) Ancestor Tales, #1)
by Sharon Hendrix Thompson
ILL WIND TO AMERICA! America is the land of ten-year-old Hannah's dreams. For her and her sister, twelve-year-old Abigail, just leaving Chelmsford for London with her father and their stepmother is an adventure. But the real excitement begins when they board the Arbella and set sail for Massachusetts Bay. Their voyage in the dark, smelly hold is unlike anything Hannah could have imagined. Then there's Zach, the indentured servant. Not even disapproving Abigail can keep Hannah away from her new f...
After the end of the Revolutionary War in New York, ten-year-old Charlotte witnesses the deportation of Loyalists, including her cousin's family.
One brave girl, one strong pony, one desperate ride to deliver a crucial message that would change the course of American history. Betsy is the girl power answer to Paul Revere. Repeated for over two hundred years as an oral tradition, the legend of Betsy Dowdy is a classic American tale of a girl who simply believed she could be free. Inspired by the danger and daring of this ordinary North Carolinian girl, THE RIDE is a story about stepping up to help the cause you believe in, doing even wha...