A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
by Jim Murphy
Joseph Plumb Martin was 15 in 1776 when he enlisted in the revolutionary army for... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 1996
Word Count 18,527
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1140L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 20248
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Campaigns
- Connecticut
- Connecticut--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- Soldiers
- Juvenile literature
- Soldiers--Connecticut--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile literature.
- Martin, Joseph Plumb
- Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Juvenile literature
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
- Connecticut--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Juvenile literature
- Martin, Joseph Plumb, 1760-1850
- History
- United States
- Biography
- Lists With This Book
- Revolutionary War, 6-12
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Margaret A. Edwards Award, 1988-2019
Winner, 2010

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Selection, 1996
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