num_pages: 101
description: Vivid black and white photographs and background details add to the compelling wartime memoirs of Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen-year-old Connecticut farm boy who enlisted in the revolutionary army in the summer of 1776. "An outstanding example of history brought to life through the experience of one individual." -- School Library Journal, starred review
language: English
title: A Young Patriot: The American Revolution As Experienced by One Boy
titlecomplete: A Young Patriot: The American Revolution As Experienced by One Boy
genres: American Revolution, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, American History, Childrens, History
ratings_count: 83
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
category: Juvenile Literature, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Clarion Books