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  1 Calvert the Raven in The Battle of Baltimore
Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott
 
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Class: Fiction
Age: 7-10
Language: English
LC: PZ7
Grade: 2-5
ISBN-13: 9781610880770
LCCN: 2012944778
Imprint: Bancroft Press
Publisher: Bookmasters Distribution Services
Pub Date: 02/01/2013
Availability: Available
List: $19.95
  Hardcover
Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm H 9", W 6", 0.15 lbs.
LC Series: Flying through history
Brodart Sources: Brodart's Insight Catalog: Children
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TIPS Subjects: Fantasy
Historical Fiction
BISAC Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century
LC Subjects: Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814, Fiction
Fantasy
Ravens, Fiction
Schools, Fiction
SEARS Subjects: Baltimore (Md.), Battle of, 1814, Fiction
Fantasy fiction
School stories
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Annotations
Publisher Annotations | 12/03/2012
You think history is boring? Baltimore kid Daniel does--until a chance encounter with a magical talking raven named Calvert sends him flying back to 1814, where he finds his home city under siege by a British army on the verge of defeating the United States of America in the War of 1812.
Journal Reviews
Booklist | 03/15/2013
Grades 3-6. Daniel has gotten a poor mark on his paper about the War of 1812. Maybe it's because he thought the subject was so boring. Enter Calvert, a talking--make that wisecracking--raven who flies Daniel back to the war, where he can see for himself the intensity of battle. This oversize offering has some strong points. The breezy tone and plentiful dialogue will draw in readers, and the dramatic, well-executed watercolors add impact to the telling. The text also has its ups and downs. The descriptions of the fighting--almost hand-to-hand combat--will surprise and inform children, who will also learn something about the causes of the war. The climax, however, in which Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner, isn't well explained, perhaps because the truth is, well, a little boring. After a nighttime firefight, the British basically called off the attack and retreated. There's not much written about the War of 1812, so this will find a place on library shelves. Expect more from Calvert in the Flying History series. Cooper, Ilene. 32p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013.
Horn Book Guide | 11/01/2013
5. Young Daniel is tired of boring old history lessons until Calvert the raven magically transports him to War of 1812-era Baltimore. Then Daniel discovers that maybe history isn't as drab as he thought. The text is long and convoluted; readers may possibly glean some facts. Stiff illustrations accompany the story. amt. 32pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2013.
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