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Gr 5–8—Krull takes the American Revolution by the horns and drags it out of the doldrums. Her chatty prose shows it for what it was—a gutsy "blowup between a parent figure and unruly children" that was "deadly, messy, scary, and suspenseful." Oh, and did we mention world-shaking? Chockablock with interesting incidents (see "The Crucial Lee Resolution," when "It was an appropriate time to be twitchy"), and fascinating factoids such as "the median age of the colonists was 16," this is a h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More