Spies of the American Revolution: An Interactive Espionage Adventure

by Elizabeth Raum

Overview

Everyone has a secret. But in the war between the colonies and the king, keeping a secret is a dangerous thing. The first American spies belonged to secret societies and rebel organizations. The British collect information against these spies. Tension is mounting. Will you: Spy on the British in Boston at the start of the war? Gather information about George Washington for the British? Balance the dangerous life of a double agent? You Choose offers multiple perspectives on history, supporting Common Core reading standards and providing readers a front-row seat to the past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491458587
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	You Choose: Spies Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.

Table of Contents

The war for independence — General Washington's spy — General Clinton's spy — The slave spy — War spies.

Interviews

Choose your own path format puts kids in the driver's seat Series provides human context for key historical topics Engaging narrative nonfiction