AR Book Level
3.7
AR Points
1
Word Count
8,158
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
39808 EN
About this book
"Grace's Letter to Lincoln" by Connie and Peter Roop is a historical fiction story set in 1860, when eleven-year-old Grace writes a letter to Abraham Lincoln urging him to grow a beard to help win the presidential election. The story takes place against the backdrop of growing tensions between the North and South as the nation faces the threat of secession. Through her letters to Lincoln, young Grace becomes an unlikely participant in one of America's most pivotal presidential elections.