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96 pp.
| Scholastic
| September, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-439-63404-0$19.99
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4-6
This account of the Revolutionary War focuses on the individual contributions of non-English soldiers, spies, and activists, in order to demonstrate that the war was not just about Englishmen from different sides of the ocean squabbling over their rights. An extensive first-person introduction by the author ("I felt left out of the story") helps draw readers in. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.