Betrayal at Cross Creek
by Kathleen Ernst
JF ERNST, K.

Twelve-year-old Elspeth Monro, a Scottish settler and weaver's apprentice on the North Carolina frontier in 1775, must find out who is betraying her Loyalist family during the months before the start of the Revolutionary War. (History Mysteries series)

Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Diary
by Kristiana Gregory
JF GREGORY, K.

In her diary, a young girl writes about life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776. (My America series)

Give Me Liberty
by Diana Star Helmer
JF HELMER, D.

In Virginia in the 1770s, two 15-year-old boys, Moses and Will, are "almost" friends. One is a black slave, and one is the master's white son. Both boys struggle with the issue of slavery and the excuses used to perpetuate it.

Emma's Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl
by Marissa Moss
JF MOSS, M.

From 1774 to 1776, Emma describes in her journal her stay in Boston, where she witnesses the British blockade and spies for the American militia. (Young American Voices series)

Thomas
by Bonnie Pryor
JF PRYOR, B.

In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make their way to Philadelphia. (American Adventures series)

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
by Ann Warren Turner
JF TURNER, A.

In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence keeps a diary of the troubles she and her family face at the start of the American Revolution. (Dear America series)

King's Mountain
by G. Clifton Wisler
JF WISLER, G.

Fourteen-year-old Frank leaves his mountain home in South Carolina to help the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War.

Hannah's Winter of Hope
by Jean Van Leeuwen
JF VAN LEEUWEN, J.

In 1780 in Fairfield, Connecticut, Hannah worries about her brother Ben, a colonial soldier being held prisoner by the British. She joins her family in rebuilding their home and preparing for Ben's homecoming. (Pioneer Daughters series)