CC Cycle 3 | Arlington Public Library

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Members of a family in the village of Setauket on Long Island are displaced by the Redcoats and serve as spies for the Revolutionary Army of George Washington.

62) Mr. Revere and I: being an account of certain episodes in the career of Paul Revere, Esq. as recently revealed by his horse, Scheherazade, late Pride of his Royal Majesty's 14th Regiment of Foot

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Lawson, Robert

63) War comes to Willy Freeman

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Collier, James Lincoln

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Arabus family saga volume 1

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A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.

64) The journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War patriot

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Denenberg, Barry

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My name is America

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William, a twelve-year-old orphan, writes of his experiences in pre-Revolutionary War Boston where he joins the cause of the patriots who are opposed to the British rule.

65) Changes for Felicity: a winter story

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Tripp, Valerie

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American girls collection. Felicity, 1774 volume 6

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The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.

66) Sam the minuteman

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Benchley, Nathaniel

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I can read book

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An easy-to-read account of Sam and his father fighting as minutemen against the British in the Battle of Lexington.

67) Lives of the explorers: discoveries, disasters (and what the neighbors thought)

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"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers...

68) Ladies of liberty: the women who shaped our nation

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Roberts, Cokie

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Shares the stories of remarkable women who shaped American history between 1796 and 1828, including Dolley Madison, Theodosia Burr, and Sacajawea.

69) Sacajawea

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Krull, Kathleen

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Women who broke the rules

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"Sacajawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history. She traveled over four thousand miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Two hundred years later, we still can see how her unique journey demonstrated the strength and value of women"--

70) rabbit ears holiday vol 1 squanto and the first th

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71) colonial comics new england 1620 1750

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72) Squanto's journey: the story of the first Thanksgiving

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Bruchac, Joseph

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Squanto recounts how in 1614 he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonists.

73) squanto and the first thanksgiving

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74) What was the first Thanksgiving?

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Holub, Joan

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What was...?

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Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday.