Prisoner for Liberty
Written by Marty Rhodes Figley & illustrated by Craig Orback
Part of the On My Own History Book Series
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7 - 10
Reading
age
48
Page
count
1,664
Word
count
570L
Lexile
measure
Jan 1, 2009
Publication
date
What's This Book About
Publisher Summary
James Forten knew how important freedom was. He was a free African American born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the American Revolution started in 1776, James was too young to help fight for freedom from British rule. But in 1781, at age fifteen, he took a job on the Royal Louis, an American ship. A British warship soon captured the Royal Louis. James was taken prisoner. The British often sold African American prisoners into slavery. What would happen to James? Would he ever see his family again?
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780822590224
- Publication Date
- January 1, 2009
- Publisher
- First Avenue Editions
- Original Publication Date
- December 15, 2007
- Page Count
- 48
- Word Count
- 1664
- Audience
- Transitional Reader
- Reading Age
- 7 - 10 years
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 71241939
- Lexile® Level
- 570L
- Scholastic Level
- O
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 119038
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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