Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Anderson, Laurie Halse

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689858086)

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
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Format: Hardcover
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Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Anderson, Laurie Halse

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution

$18.99
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Anderson, Laurie Halse

Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
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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

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN-10: 0689858086
ISBN-13: 9780689858086
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2008
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.20h x 11.30w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 123474 / Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/26/2008 pg. 65
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2008 pg. 539
School Library Journal 08/01/2008 pg. 107
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2008 pg. 605
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 - Superior,Well Above Average
By Laurie Halse Anderson
By Laurie Halse Anderson
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Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. She's twice been a National Book Award finalist, for Chains and Speak; Chains also received the 2009 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award and received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2023, presented to her by the Crown Princess of Sweden. She lives in Pennsylvania, and you can follow her adventures on X (previously known as Twitter) @HalseAnderson or visit her at MadWomanintheForest.com.

Matt Faulkner is an acclaimed illustrator who has written and illustrated more than thirty books, including Gaijin: American Prisoner of War, which won the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Award. He is married to author and children's librarian Kris Remenar. Visit him at MattFaulkner.com.

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