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Exciting historical novels that take young people back in
time to the American Revolution
"People tend to forget that the word history contains the word story."
Ken
Burns
Director and Producer of Documentary
Films
"Once confined to fantasy and science fiction, time travel is now
simply an engineering problem."
Michio Kaku
Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Bestselling Author
The 4th of July Spies A Boy's Trip Through Time to Save
the Declaration
of Independence
264 pages
$13.95 by Stanley Harris
It is June of 1776, the second year of the American Revolution.
The
Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, appoints five men to prepare a draft of a document that
proclaims America’s independence from Britain. Three
of the men are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
Captain Benjamin Tallmadge, George Washington’s spy chief believes that
the British plan to prevent this declaration of American liberty, but he doesn’t know how or when. Tallmadge
enlists four young Americans as spies to help uncover the plot. Three of the
young people live in 1776. The
fourth lives in the present day. Charles Miller travels back in time to join his18th century friends Ben Sampson, Emmy Sampson
and Aaron Attucks.
The
four young people, following every lead, discover and decode a British message
that exposes the conspiracy. With the help
of Jacob Garter, a tailor and secret agent, and Lester Miles, a time-traveler who is more than he seems to be, they defy the British spies in a tense confrontation and prevent them from kidnapping the three American patriots.
On July 4th, the
Declaration Of Independence is approved by Congress.
As he begins his journey back to the present, Charles learns that
history is not always what it seems to be – that what is recorded as occurring in the past may not have actually happened.
The
First Shot A
Tale of a Boy's Trip Through Time to the Battle of Lexington 150 pages $10.95 by Stanley Harris
Charles Miller lives in Lexington,
Massachusetts. His adventure begins when he is visited by Ben Sampson, who also lives in Lexington. But Ben doesn't
live in the present - he lives in 1775. Fascinated and intrigued by Ben's ability to travel in time, Charles
vows to do the same - and succeeds. He visits Ben on the evening of the Battle of Lexington and meets Ben's father,
who is a Minuteman, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Sam Adams and Captain John Parker. Together, the boys spend eleven hours
of tension, danger and excitement as they and the Minutemen await the approaching British army and the historic confrontation
on Lexington Common. Charles and Ben witness the battle, and Charles solves one of the great mysteries of American history - who fired
the shot that began the Battle of Lexington, and thus the American Revolution.
Evacuation Day
A Boy's Trip Through
Time to George Washington's
First Victory
240 pages
$12.95
by Stanley Harris
Charles Miller thinks that George Washington is cool.
.In
1776, boys didn't say someone was cool. But Charles isn't from 1776. He lives in the present and
travels back in time to help Ben Sampson free his father, Benjamin, from a British prison in Boston before the Redcoats evacuate
the city. If they fail, Benjamin will be on a prison ship bound for Nova Scotia in two days.
Charles
and Ben meet General Washington and the mysterious Captain Talmadge, Washington's spy chief, who helps them enter British-occupied
Boston to free Benjamin and find Emmy, Ben's sister, who has disappeared.
The risks are great. If they are captured,
they may be imprisoned as spies - or even hanged. Is there anyone in Boston who can help them? Can Charles use
modern-day technology and his knowledge of history to help them succeed without violating the Time-Travel Paradox?
Or will he fail and be trapped forever
in 1776?
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