Book Type: High School

High School

America’s First Daughter 

Overview

America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie will replace African Founders. The book tells the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph–a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.

Good For

Late High School and adult readers seeking thoroughly researched historical fiction.

About the Author

Stephanie Dray is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. Her award-winning work tops lists for the most anticipated reads of the year. She lives near the nation’s capital with her husband, cats, and history books. Laura Kamoie is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. She holds a doctoral degree in early American history from the College of William and Mary and published two nonfiction books on early America.

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High School

The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America – Kostya Kennedy

Overview

A fresh and dramatic retelling of Paul Revere’s famous ride, revealing its complexity and the network of people behind a founding legend.

Good For

Late High School and adult readers interested in Revolutionary history told with new insight.

About the Author

Kostya Kennedy is the Editor in Chief of Premium Publishing at People Inc. A former Senior Writer and Editor at Sports Illustrated, he is the author of The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson as well as the New York Times bestsellers 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports and Pete Rose: An American Dilemma.

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High School

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams – Stacy Schiff

Overview

A revelatory biography that restores Samuel Adams to his central role as strategist and moral force behind the American Revolution.

Good For

Late High School and adult readers interested in Revolutionary leadership and political movements.

About the Author

Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, winner of the George Washington Book Prize and the Ambassador Book Award; Cleopatra: A Life, winner of the EN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for biography; and most recently, The Witches: Salem, 1692.

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High School

The Rediscovery of America – Ned Blackhawk

Overview

A transformative retelling of U.S. history that centers Native American nations as essential actors in the American story.

Good For

Late High School and adult readers ready for a fuller, more inclusive account of American history.

About the Author

Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) is the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, where he is the faculty coordinator for the Yale Group for the Study of Native America. He is the author of Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West.

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High School

Our Ancient Faith – Allen C. Guelzo

Overview

A thoughtful examination of Abraham Lincoln’s vision of democracy, equality, and constitutional government—and why it still matters today.

Good For

Late High School and adult readers interested in political thought and leadership.

About the Author

Allen C. Guelzo is Senior Research Scholar at the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of several books about the Civil War and early-nineteenth-century American history. He is a recipient of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History and has been awarded the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize three times.

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High School

Master Slave Husband Wife – Ilyon Woo

Overview

A powerful narrative of Ellen and William Craft’s daring escape from slavery, this book blends history, biography, and moral courage into an unforgettable true story.

Good For

Early High School readers ready for serious engagement with American slavery and resistance.

About the Author

Ilyon Woo is the New York Times bestselling author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom and The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother’s Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal,Time, and The New York Times, and she has received support for her research from the Whiting Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society, among other institutions.

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