Young Readers Christian Library: Peter

Escape From Loch Leven

The Legacy of Jim Crow

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Anna at War

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Saving Savannah

The American adventure

The Boston Massacre was a pivotal incident that occurred on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts, leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been escalating between the American colonists and British soldiers due to the enforcement of the Townshend Acts, which imposed taxes on various goods. On the night of the incident, a crowd of colonists confronted a British sentry outside the Custom House, leading to a confrontation with additional soldiers. The situation escalated, and the soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five colonists and wounding several others. This event was heavily publicized by patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, who used it to fuel anti-British sentiment and rally support for the cause of American independence. The Boston Massacre is often cited as a significant event that contributed to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

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Young Readers Christian Library: Peter

Susan Martins Miller, 1994

Escape From Loch Leven

Mollie Hunter, 1981

The Legacy of Jim Crow

Clarence A. Haynes, David Ikard, Jennifer Sabin, 2022

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin, 2014

Anna at War

Helen Peters, 2019

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Lauren Tarshis, Georgia Ball, Cassie Mitchell, 2023

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor, 1976

Saving Savannah

Tonya Bolden, 2020