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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Lars Olafson's move to a farm near Valley Forge brings him friendship with the ghost of an eighteenth-century ancestor, who recounts for him his adventures in that part of Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
2) Woods runner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
From his 1776 Pennsylvania homestead, thirteen-year-old Samuel, who is a highly-skilled woodsman, sets out toward New York City to rescue his parents from the band of British soldiers and Indians who kidnapped them after slaughtering most of their community. Includes historical notes at the end of each chapter.
3) Thomas
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make their way to Philadelphia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
When a Philadelphia girl intercepts a message about an impending British attack against her father's regiment, commanded by General Washington, in White Marsh, she travels alone by horseback to warn the Patriot army.
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Having lost their home when the Revolutionary War reached their part of rural Pennsylvania, Thomas and his family start a new life running an inn in Philadelphia, where Thomas finds new danger that takes him into captivity among the Iroquois.
6) Forge
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
WOULD YOU RISK EVERYTHING to be free? THE YOUNG SOLDIERS at Valley Forge are suffering from hunger, cold, and the threat of the British army. Their newly forged bonds of friendship might be enough to help them survive. But the chains of Curzon's past threaten to shackle him again. Surrounded by the fires of ignorance, mistrust, and greed, Curzon can't risk sharing his deadly secrets with anyone. Does he have the mettle to hold on to his freedom?...