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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A profile of the founding father and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury discusses the challenges he faced as a man from a different culture, his Revolutionary War contributions, and his role in shaping a fledgling America.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
From Martha Brockenbrough, award winning author of The Game of Love and Death, comes an intimate new YA audiobook focusing on the private life of Alexander Hamilton. Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed—America's favorite Founding Father comes alive in this exciting biography.
He was born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager. From those inauspicious circumstances, he rose to a position
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were both fierce patriots during the Revolutionary War, but the politics of the young United States of America put them in constant conflict. Their extraordinary story of bitter fighting and resentment culminates in their famous duel.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of young Benjamin Franklin describes how, as a rebellious teen in 1732, he ran away from his family and a Boston apprenticeship to Philadelphia, and how throughout subsequent decades he rose to become a distinguished statesman, renowned author and world-famous scientist.
Author
Series
Making of America (Abrams) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. In contrast, he envisioned something different: along with agriculture and small towns, he imagined a multiracial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. A poor immigrant, Hamilton believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for newcomers. His vision put him at odds with Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and others;...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This engaging biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of an icon in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers. At the back are an excellent timeline and photos. This volume features Benjamin Franklin, whose contributions to science, politics, and writing have made a lasting mark on...
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