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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
93 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline and her mother make a danagerous trip across Lake Ontario to the British fort where her father is a prisoner. When Mama isn't allowed to see Papa, it's up to Caroline to deliver a secret message to him--right under the nose of a British guard.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
90 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While Caroline is out fishing one spring day, she sees a British warship about to capture an American boat. With only an instant to decide what to do, Caroline takes a daring risk to try to save the day. She's been trying to be brave, like she promised Papa, but would he be proud of her now? Missing him terribly, Caroline visits their special fishing spot on the shore of Lake Ontario. She hopes to find comfort there-- but instead she makes a startling...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
84 pages : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A letter arrives for Caroline, asking her to come help her uncle Aaron and cousin Lydia on their new farm for the summer. Although Caroline is reluctant to leave her family, she's eager to lend a hand. So when she suspects that a thief has been stealing much-needed food from the farm, Caroline helps keep watch to guard against the uninvited visitor. Then she makes an unexpected discovery--and learns that some things are not as simple as they seem....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
89 pages : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline's father has just returned when they receive frightening news--British warships are sailing to attack Sackets Harbor. Every grown man, including Papa, has been called to defend the village. Mama and Caroline are left alone to guard Abbott's Shipyard as the battlefront draws ever closer. Caroline knows she must be brave to keep Papa's shipyard safe. But when the battle seems lost, Mama gives her a terrible order: burn the shipyard to the ground....
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the War of 1812, Caroline finds evidence that someone is smuggling precious supplies to the British and fears that the traitor may be her own uncle. Includes an "Inside Caroline's World" essay about smuggling during the War of 1812.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A modern-day girl finds herself on the shore of Lake Ontario during the War of 1812, and as she and Caroline Abbott experience life in this turbulent time, the reader is invited to choose how the twosome might help the Americans beat the British.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sent to live with relatives in New Orleans during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Elisabet determines to find a smuggler's treasure to ransom her imprisoned father.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a three-day stagecoach ride to the big city of Albany, during the War of 1812, eleven-year-old Caroline is fascinated by the other travelers, including a charming magician and a beautiful young woman with a sad past, but when Caroline's important package for her father disappears, she must unmask a thief.
Author
Series
Heirs of Acadia volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Erica Langston's comfortable home and loving family carry no outward hint of the sorrows and fears faced by her Acadian forebears, but she soon discovers that similar determination and fortitude will be required of her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline Abbott and her mother make a dangerous journey across Lake Ontario to the British fort where Papa is being held prisoner, and when Mama is unable to see him, it is up to Caroline to pass Papa a secret message right under the nose of a British guard.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of the chaos of the War of 1812 between Great Britain and the young United States, the reader makes plot choices based on situations that real people faced during this restless time in history.
Author
Series
Rush Revere volume 4
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (approximately 5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure that takes them on an exciting trip to the past to the remarkable nation's most iconic symbols up close and personal.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1814, when their father leaves them in charge of the Scituate lighthouse outside of Boston, two teenaged sisters devise a clever way to avert an attack by a British warship patrolling the Massachusetts coast.
16) Facing the enemy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline knows that in order to fight the British, her village desperately needs its shipyards and supply boats and she will do whatever it takes to keep them out of enemy hands, then later, while helping on her uncle's farm, Caroline discovers that the war brings dangers there, too.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
On August 10, 1813, with the British navy advancing up the Chesapeake Bay to destroy the shipyards in St. Michaels, Maryland, young Henry Middle thinks of a way to save his home town from British cannons.
Author
Series
Time spies volume 10
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the aid of their magical spyglass, Mattie, Alex, and Sophie Chapman travel to Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812 to help Dolley Madison.
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