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The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1990

by Ann McGovern (Author), Harold Goodwin (Illustrator), Katherine Thompson (Illustrator)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 163 ratings
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Deborah Sampson wanted to travel and have adventures, but since she had no money, the best way to do that was to join the army. This is the exciting true story of a woman who became a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, by dressing and acting like a man.
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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    64 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    4 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    590L
  6. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.25 x 7.75 inches
  7. Publisher
    Scholastic Paperbacks
  8. Publication date
    June 1, 1990
  9. ISBN-10
    0590430521
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0590430524
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Ann McGovern has written over 35 children's books, including STONE SOUP; several books in the IF YOU LIVED... series; and SCRAM, KID! (Viking, 1974), which won the Horn Book Award. McGovern spent part of her career at Scholastic, where she created the SeeSaw Book Club. McGovern lives in New York City.

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From Chapter 4 -- Free - to Do What?: Deborah dreamed of a great adventure. Doing housework from morning till night and looking after a house full of babies was not her idea of a great adventure. Not yet. Not now.

Now she wanted to travel, to walk in different places, to see different faces.

During the war she had heard of Boston, Philadelphia, New York. Would she ever see those great cities?

In those days, if a poor man wanted to travel and have adventures, he joined the army.

"Why can't I join the army too?" Deborah thought. Then she laughed at herself.

"Me - Deborah Sampson - a soldier!" she thought. She knew the army was only for men.

"Wait," she told herself. "Why not me? Wasn't I a teacher without ever going to school? Wasn't I a good teacher?

"Why not a soldier? Why not dress like a man and be a soldier!"

She went to sleep that night thinking about it. She dreamed about it.

And when she woke up, her head was filled with the single thought. It wasn't a dream now. It was a hope - a plan - a secret plan!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Paperbacks; 1st Edition Trade Paperback (June 1, 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0590430521
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0590430524
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 590L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.76 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.25 x 7.75 inches
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 163 ratings

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Ann McGovern is the author of over 55 books for children and sales of her books exceed 30 million. She is the author of the classics STONE SOUP and TOO MUCH NOISE, as well as several IF YOU LIVED... books. She has a number of popular historical and travel non-fiction books, and biographies of figures like Harriet Tubman and Deborah Sampson.

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Beverly Keaveny
5.0 out of 5 stars For children
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021
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I was disappntionointed to find this was a children's book. There was no mention of this in the description. Other than that, the book was fine. New condition.
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Michelle Natalicchio
5.0 out of 5 stars My 10 year old son loved it
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My son read this for Battle of the Books in his school. Great book and story. I was happy that it was about a female soldier and that my son enjoyed it.
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Rebecca Speulda
4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for kids.
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My 5th grader needed this for a class report. The book was a quick read, easy to understand and she could glean a lot of useful information from it to create a 5-minute monologue for her report presentation.
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Dian G Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Review from a second grader
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019
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This is a book about Deborah Sampson, who wants to go to the army in the Revolutionary War, but there are no girls allowed. What I liked most about the book was how she transformed into a boy and how well she acted like one too. My favorite part was at the end, when she told her captain that Robert was not a boy and was actually Deborah Sampson. I would recommend this book for nonfiction readers. --FW
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Brianna A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for my 9 year old
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I was teaching my kids about the revolutionary war and my 9 year old daughter (who hates reading) loved this story.
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Soozee
5.0 out of 5 stars Short read to inspire young ladies
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2019
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One of my favorite books from my childhood so I bought it for my daughter and she loved it!
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sandy harbin
5.0 out of 5 stars Revolutionary War childrens book
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2013
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This was used with fourth graders as adjunct to their social studies unit,and the kids LOVED it.It is a real account of a young girl who wanted to be a soldier, which was not even considered in that day, and how she attempted to make that happen.
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just a pound
5.0 out of 5 stars great story for my 10 year old grandson
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013
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my grandson read this book in school and he liked it so much he wanted to own it. he loved the story. he was amazed by it. he wrote a report for school.
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