A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced By One Boy
by Murphy, Jim
SLJ Best BookJefferson Cup Award/HonorBiographies/AutobiographiesU.S.American Revolutionary War EraMisc./OtherChildren's Literature Choice
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AR Book Level
7.7
AR Points
3
Word Count
18,527
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
20248 EN
About this book
This book presents the memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in 1776, fighting under Washington, wintering at Valley Forge, and staying in the fight until the end of the war in 1783.
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