One Dead Spy (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #1): A Revolutionary War Tale (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781419703966)

Meet America's first spy, Nathan Hale, in this installment of the New York Times bestselling Hazardous Tale graphic novel series!

"These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history." --New York Times

"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." These are the famous last words of Nathan Hale, a spy for the American rebels in the Revolutionary War. But who was this Nathan Hale? And how did the rebels defeat an army that was bigger, stronger, and more heavily armed than they were?

One Dead Spy has answers to these questions, as well as stories of ingenuity, close calls with danger, and acts of heroism in the American War of Independence.

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales take young readers into American history with graphic novels that bring the dangerous, bloody, exciting history of America to life. The Revolutionary War and the Civil War, World War I and World War II, the Donner Party, the Marquis de Lafayette, Harriet Tubman, the Alamo, and more all come to life in a way that will excite young readers of history.

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales! Read them all--if you dare!
One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (#1)
Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (#2)
Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (#3)
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (#4)
The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (#5)
Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (#6)
Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (#7)
Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (#8)
Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (#9)
Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (#10)
Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (#11)
Above the Trenches: A WWI Flying Ace Tale (#12)

Author: Nathan Hale
ISBN-10: 141970396X
ISBN-13: 9781419703966
Publisher: Abrams Fanfare
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2012
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.60w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 153994 / Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy

Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2012
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2012 pg. 267 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 08/01/2012 pg. 59
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2012 pg. 89
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 71 - Superior,Well Above Average