What Was the Boston Tea Party? (What Was?)

by Kathleen Krull (Author) Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator)

What Was the Boston Tea Party? (What Was?)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: What Was?
"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution--outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British Monarchy, and read about this act of rebellion from our history! With black-and-white illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, the Boston Tea party is brought to life!
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Kathleen Krull
Kathleen Krull has written much innovative nonfiction for young people, including all of the books in the Lives of . . . series, and has made a chatty, accessible approach to biography her hallmark. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her website at www.kathleenkrull.com. Kathryn Hewitt's caricatures of famous figures led kids to dub the Lives of . . . series the Big Head books. She has illustrated many books for young readers, some of which she also wrote. She lives in Santa Monica, California. Visit her website at www.kathrynhewitt.com.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448462882
Lexile Measure
900
Guided Reading Level
16
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
February 20, 2013
Series
What Was?
BISAC categories
JNF025190 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/Colonial & Revolutionary
Library of Congress categories
History
United States
Revolution, 1775-1783
Causes
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773

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