{"product_id":"saving-the-liberty-bell-9780689851674","title":"Saving the Liberty Bell","description":"Some tall tales are actually true. This is a grand one, told with rightful pride by a boy who was there in the city of Philadelphia in 1777 and was lucky enough to play a role in the American Revolution. \u003cbr\u003e John Jacob Mickley, eleven years old, and his father were in the city when the Great Bell began ringing \u003ci\u003eBrong! Brong! BRONG!\u003c\/i\u003e from atop the State House to warn the citizens: \"Redcoats! The Redcoats are coming!\" \u003cbr\u003e And come the British did -- with their muskets and their cannons and their will to keep the colonies for their king. Looting they came and stealing any metal they could get their hands on to melt down for the making of more weapons. And the prize above all? The Great Bell itself -- metal for many a cannon! \u003cbr\u003e But the clever Pensylvanians (yes, the word was spelled like that then) had other plans for keeping the Bell safe from the British. \u003cbr\u003e Megan McDonald has aptly caught John Jacob's excited retelling of the story, and Marsha Gray Carrington has relished every wild and wooly moment of it in her pictures -- both funny and carefully researched.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780689851674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.18h x 9.44w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Children's Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2005 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 502\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 1928\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 413 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e88163 \/ Saving the Liberty Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Megan McDonald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643956658357,"sku":"9780689851674","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8bea63c2-ec32-420c-afc5-fe4832279c52.jpg?v=1708445267","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/saving-the-liberty-bell-9780689851674","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}