I read this book because of the author, Laurie Halse Anderson. However, not being a real history person, it wasn't one of my favorites. I did learn a few things about women I wasn't familiar with from the American Revolution though.
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution
By Laurie Halse Anderson
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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n/a | Grades 10 - 8 | n/a | 6.1 | 5434 |
Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part?
Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched information and thoughtfully detailed illustrations, acclaimed novelist and picture-book author Laurie Halse Anderson and charismatic illustrator Matt Faulkner prove the case in this entertaining, informative, and long overdue homage to those independent dames!
Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched information and thoughtfully detailed illustrations, acclaimed novelist and picture-book author Laurie Halse Anderson and charismatic illustrator Matt Faulkner prove the case in this entertaining, informative, and long overdue homage to those independent dames!
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9780689858086
ISBN-10: 0689858086
Published on 6/3/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 40