[CASL-L] book suggestions

[Williams, Linda]

How about these?

FRENCH REVOLUTION

The Revolution of Sabine by Beth Levine Ain (Candlewick, 2008 - 214 pages)
During Benjamin Franklin’s visit to Paris in 1776, sixteen-year-old Sabine Durand rails against the strict rules of society and her social-climbing mother by rejecting her arranged marriage and spending more time with servants and others who accept Franklin’s political ideals and those she read in Voltaire’s Candide while having her portrait painted by the renowned artist, Fragonard. (CIP) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806. Social classes. Mothers and daughters. Conduct of life. Self-actualization (Psychology). Arranged marriage. Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
Lexile: 810

The Pale Assassin by Patricia Elliott (Holiday House, 2009 - 336 pages)
In Paris in the early 1790s, as the revolution gains momentum, young and sheltered Eugenie de Boncoeur finds it difficult to tell friend from foe as she and the royalist brother she relies on become the focus of "le Fantome," the sinister spymaster with a long-held grudge against their family. (CIP) History. Revolution, 1789-1799. Brothers and sisters. Revenge.
Starred review in Booklist.
Lexile: 840

The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner (Dial, 2008 - pages)
In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French Revolution. (CIP) Revolution, 1789-1799. Social classes. Romanies. Orphans. Magic tricks.
Starred reviews in: Booklist, Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly and School Library Journal.
Lexile: 820

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Simon & Schuster, 2008 - 316 pages)
When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots. (CIP) Slavery. African Americans. Spies. American Revolution. Also sequels: Forge (2010) and Ashes (2016).
National Book Award Finalist 2008. Starred reviews in Booklist, Kirkus, Kliatt, Publisher's Weekly and VOYA.
Lexile: 780

The Astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. v. #2 : The Kingdom on the Waves by M. T. Anderson (Candlewick, 2008 - 561 pages)
Octavian, a young African-American, is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years prior to and during the American Revolution. (TW) Freedom. Slavery. Science experiments. African Americans. American Revolution.
Starred reviews in Booklist The Bulletin, Horn Book, Kirkus, Kliatt, Library Media Connection, Publisher's Weekly and School Library Journal.
Lexile: 1060

Five 4ths of July by Pat Hughes (Viking 2011 - 278 pages)
On July 4th, 1777, fourteen-year-old Jake Mallory and his friends are celebrating their new nation's independence, but over the next four years Jake finds himself in increasingly adventurous circumstances as he battles British forces, barely survives captivity on a prison ship, and finally returns home to Connecticut, war-torn and weary, but hopeful for America's future. (CIP) History. Revolution, 1775-1783.
Starred reviews in Booklist and The Bulletin.
Lexile: 710


ALTERNATIVE HISTORY - BRITAIN WINS:

The Year of the Hangman by Gary L. Blackwood (Dutton, 2002 - 196 pages)

In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to the American colonies, fifteen-year-old Creighton becomes part of developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for the patriots and change the course of history. (CIP) American Revolution.

YALSA Best Book for Young Adults 2003. Starred reviews in Kirkus and School Library Journal.

Lexile: 820


NONFICTION
The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence by Marc Aronson (Clarion, 2005 - 238 pages)
Using a numerous resources, Aronson reconstructs a fascinating period in American history. (BW) World politics. globalization. American Revolution. Causes.
Starred reviews in: Booklist, Kirkus and School Library Journal.
Lexile: 1180
**Note: I HIGHLY recommend this. I read it a few months ago and learned so much that I didn’t know. It's highly readable, and puts the American Revolution in a global context, which we hardly ever see!

Countdown to Independence: A Revolution of Ideas in England and Her American Colonies: 1760-1776 by Natalie S. Bober (Atheneum, 2001 - 368 p.)

Examines the people and events both in the American colonies and in Great Britain between 1760 and 1776 that led to the American Revolution.

Starred reviews in: Booklist, The Bulletin, Kirkus, and School Library Journal.

Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier by Alfred F. Young (Knopf, 2004 - 417 p.)
Follows the seventeen-month service of Deborah Sampson in the American Revolution, during which she successfully posed as a man, sharing details about her early life as an indentured servant; her achievements as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her postwar life as a wife, mother, writer, and veteran advocate. (BT) Deborah Sampson Gannett, 1760-1827. American Revolution. Female participation. Women soldiers. biography.

Bushnell's Submarine: The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution by Henry L. Abbott (Scholastic, 2006 - 136 pages)
The story of how David Bushnell built the "Turtle," the world's first submarine, for use against British ships during the American Revolutionary War. (TW) David Bushnell, 1740- . Submarine warfare. Submarines (Ships). Naval operations. American Revolution.
**Note: Connecticut connection.


Linda Williams


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From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces+linda.williams=ct.gov at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Deborah Sharpe
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Subject: [CASL-L] book suggestions


Hello,



I am trying something new with some members of our Social Studies department.  We are going to leave a cart of books in the classroom that relate to their unit of study that students may read for extra credit.  The books may be fiction or non-fiction, as long as they relate to the unit.  The class we are trying this out with is our standard and advanced level 9th grade world history class.  The unit they are on right now is "Revolution."  They are studying the French Revolution, the Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution.  I have a few books, but am looking for more ideas.  Any suggestions would be appreciated!!!!



Thanks & happy Friday =)


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