Buttons for General Washington

Name: Buttons for General Washington
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Roop
ISBN: 9781430118077

Author: Peter Roop, Connie Roop

Narrator: Jason Harris

Unabridged: 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 01/30/2007

Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories

Synopsis

"In Revolutionary times, spies sent secret messages in clever ways. In this true story, John Darragh, a teenaged spy from a Quaker family, carries a message to General Washington sewn inside his coat buttons..Young historians will appreciate the accompanying book's simple but evocative watercolor illustrations and the production's background music, including the fifes and drums of a revolutionary band. They'll enjoy the story's plentiful dialogue as gruff soldiers, family members, and even General Washington himself make this story vivid for young history buffs." -AudioFile

About Peter Roop

Peter Roop graduated from Lawrence University to become an elementary-school teacher. It was in his early teaching days that Roop first decided to try writing for children, and Roop persevered, writing and publishing his first short stories and articles while teaching in England. In 1980 he got his Master's degree in children's literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, where he studied with Newbery Medalist Scott O'Dell.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on March 21, 2016

Jacob read during naptime..krb 3/17/16......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on October 10, 2017

This book is a good example of the war and how it wasn't safe for spies with all the British soldiers around. I wish I was exposed to more historical fiction books when I was a child because I don't well know history without having to look it up every time. This book is fiction because it has dialog......more

Goodreads review by Congetta on April 17, 2018

My son read this aloud to me. I was curious about the story as I had read a non-fiction book about spying during the American Revolution. This was a cute story about how a young teen was able to help spy for his country and meet General Washington. It seemed realistic based on the information I had......more