If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution [Paperback]

Kay Moore (Author), Daniel O'Leary (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: If You.

If you lived at the time of the American Revolution
--What started the American Revolution?
--Did everyone take sides?
--Would you have seen a battle?

Before 1775, thirteen colonies in America belonged to England. This book tells about the fight to be free and independent.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; Updated edition (June 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590674447
• ISBN-13: 978-0590674447
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 8.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Social Science > Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
  • #5 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > History & Historical Fiction > United States > Colonial & Revolutionary
  • #6 in Books > Children's Books > History > United States > Colonial & Revolutionary

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Inappropiate age range or information, May 15, 2008

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Mother and reader (APO, AP United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (Paperback)

We have other in you books that we really enjoyed while my son learned some history. This book is listed for ages 9-12 but assumed much more pre-knowledge of the american revolution than children that age would have. There was no real history attached minus some people were loyalists and some were patriots. What information that was in this book was lost for the 9-12 year old group because it is a difficult read for the age. The words are probably typical content and timeframe accurate but not explained and the book is too conceptual not fact based. Overall reading the book it was clearly written with a agenda - which was not to inform you of the timeframe or life in the timeframe but rather that war is bad. A fine message for a book not titled If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution. Either the age range or information contained should be adjusted.

23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History from different perspectives!, October 10, 2003

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Heather Chapman (Kissimmee, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (Paperback)

I thought that this book was a great example of how all of our history books should be written: from multiple perspectives! All we ever hear about our history is the positive patriotic version that is sugar coated and mostly false. For once, someone has written a story for children that shares both sides of the story: Loyalist and Patriot. This book beautifully compares and contrasts the viewpoints of both sides, the impact the war had on both sides, and some of the important figures, both Loyalist and Patriot. Excellent book to get your children thinking critically about the American Revolution!

40 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terribly one sided account of the Revolution., July 30, 2006

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Kymberli N. Myers (Hilton Head, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (Paperback)

According the the Author's note, the purpose of this book is to show what America lost by winning the Revolution. She portrays the loyalists having been treated unfairly by the patriots, to the point of not being able to send their children to school, not being able to speak freely, and being in fear of being attacked and having their homes burned down. She fails to mention any dangers faced by the Patriots. This book is horribly one sided. I bought this for my neice, but would be ashamed to actually give it to her as a gift.