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taliaissmart's review against another edition
The biggest myth/assumption smashed for me: the scale of the American Revolutionary War. Such a relatively small conflict! For example, the Boston Massacre left 5 people dead...and that's a major historical event that we all still learn about! Wild!
lostinausten's review
adventurous
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
A book that discusses the truths and myths about the American Revolution.
This book gives so much information and it delivers it in fun and engaging ways. I appreciate that it even shares the whole story, even though it's not always flattering or wholesome. This book holds nothing back about all the misconceptions of this period of time. It even gives detailed information about all the people who were taken advantage of during this time period, such as, slaves and native people. This book teaches kids that America was able to achieve something amazing during the American Revolution, but there was also much hypocrisy and inequality that was established during this time.
This book gives so much information and it delivers it in fun and engaging ways. I appreciate that it even shares the whole story, even though it's not always flattering or wholesome. This book holds nothing back about all the misconceptions of this period of time. It even gives detailed information about all the people who were taken advantage of during this time period, such as, slaves and native people. This book teaches kids that America was able to achieve something amazing during the American Revolution, but there was also much hypocrisy and inequality that was established during this time.
bronsonmh's review
informative
fast-paced
5.0
I thought this was a great non fiction history book about the American Revolution. I always love History Smashers series because Kate Messner writes middle grade history books about different topics in History and she writes the truth. Sometimes history books get it wrong and children today are not learning all the facts about different topics and most of the time they won't learn the truth until they are adults or in college. I think Kate Messner writes in a way where kids will understand the topic and have fun while reading it.