Arcadia Public Library

Presents an analysis of the Declaration of Independence, with information on how it was created and its impact on American history.

With his inventive mind, young Ben Franklin yearns to cease his work at his father's candle shop to conduct his experiment invoving a kite and a pond.

"An analysis of the U.S. Bill of Rights, with information on how it was created and how it has evolved, with examples of major Supreme Court decisions related to it"--Provided by publisher.

During the Revolutionary War, a Jewish soldier from Poland lights the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah and tells General George Washington the story of the Maccabees and the miracle that Hanukkah celebrates. Based on factual events.

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.

An account of Paul Revere's historical ride in April, 1775, to warn fellow colonials that the British were coming to arrest their important leaders and steal the supplies they stored for their upcoming battles.