[ISLMA-Share] Colonial America

Sat Feb 24 00:59:46 CST 2018

Ann Rinaldi has several titles that are centered around the Revolutionary
War period.  If memory serves me correctly, she was an historical
interpreter for a time so she knows how to use facts well in order to tell
a good story.

Wolf By the Ears
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South
Finishing Becca: A story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold
Or Give Me Death: A novel of Patrick Henry's family
The Secret of Sarah Revere
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons
The Fifth of March: A story of the Boston Massacre
Time Enough for Drums
A Ride into Morning: The story of Tempe Wick
Taking Liberty: The story of Oney Judge, George Washington's runaway slave

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> FIC Anderson
> Laurie Halse Anderson.
> Chains / Laurie Halse Anderson. -- N.Y. : Atheneum, 2010.
>
> Grades 6-10. If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?
> As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own
> fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she
> and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a
> malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the
> American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets
> Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her
> owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at
> first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her
> loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom.
> ------------------------------
>
> FIC Anderson
> Laurie Halse Anderson.
> Forge / Laurie Halse Anderson. -- N.Y. : Atheneum, 2010.
>
> Grades 6-10. In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award
> Finalist and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction,
> acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson shifts perspective from Isabel to
> Curzon and brings to the page the tale of what it takes for runaway slaves
> to forge their own paths in a world of obstacles—and in the midst of the
> American Revolution. The Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the
> desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter. This is where Curzon
> the boy becomes Curzon the young man. In addition to the hardships of
> soldiering, he lives with the fear of discovery, for he is an escaped slave
> passing for free. And then there is Isabel, who is also at Valley
> Forge—against her will. She and Curzon have to sort out the tangled threads
> of their friendship while figuring out what stands between the two of them
> and true freedom.
>
>
> FIC Anderson
> Laurie Halse Anderson.
> Ashes / Laurie Halse Anderson. -- New York : : Atheneum Books for Young
> Readers,, [2016].
>
> As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped
> Valley Forge—but their relief is short-lived. Before long they are reported
> as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down.
> With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to
> find Isabel’s little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state—where
> bounty hunters are thick as flies.
>
> FIC Bryan
> Ashley Bryan.
> Freedom over me / Ashley Bryan. -- New York : : Atheneum Books for Young
> Readers,, [2016].
>
> "Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, contrasts
> the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences
> and dreams that a slave owner could never take away"-- In his gentle yet
> deeply powerful way, Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given
> a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that
> CAN’T be bought or sold—dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation
> owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his “workers”, Bryan
> has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through
> fierce paintings and expansive poetry he imagines and interprets each
> person’s life on the plantation, as well as the life their owner knew
> nothing about—their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth far
> more than an Overseer or Madam ever would guess. Visually epic, and never
> before done, this stunning picture book is unlike anything you’ve seen.
> ------------------------------
>
> FIC Burg
> Ann E Burg.
> Unbound / Ann E Burg. -- New York : : Scholastic Press,, 2016..
>
> The day Grace is called from the slave cabins to work in the Big House,
> Mama makes her promise to keep her eyes down. Uncle Jim warns her to keep
> her thoughts tucked private in her mind or they could bring a whole lot of
> trouble and pain. But the more Grace sees of the heartless Master and
> hateful Missus, the more a rightiness voice clamors in her head-asking how
> come white folks can own other people, sell them on the auction block, and
> separate families forever. When that voice escapes without warning, it sets
> off a terrible chain of events that prove Uncle Jim's words true. Suddenly,
> Grace and her family must flee deep into the woods, where they brave deadly
> animals, slave patrollers, and the uncertainty of ever finding freedom.
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> Dear All,
>> We are looking to add to our seventh grade social studies classes a
>> fiction book that features either women or Native Americans or African
>> Americans.  Our textbook gives the standard view of that time period, so we
>> would like to diversify through fiction.
>> Kathy Wickline
>> Unity Junior High Librarian
>> Tolono, IL
>> wicklinek at unity.k12.il.us
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>> Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ujhslibrary
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