What Is the Declaration of Independence?

by Michael C. Harris

Book Overview

Step back in time to the birth of the United States of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free!

On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044848692X
• ISBN13: 9780448486925
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6