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Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery | Steve Sheinkin
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Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest Revolutionary War heroes. Steve Sheinkin's accessible biography, "The Notorious Benedict Arnold," introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing American Revolution battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale from history.
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Leelee.reads
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First YA History, and I like how easy it was read so much info quickly with this genre. I knew nothing about Arnold except he was a traitor; learned lots about him plus lots of interesting background on the Revolutionary War - much felt like trivia and tidbits, but I love that sort of thing. The impact he had on American history was fascinating.

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wanderinglynn
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On the one hand, I did learn some things about Arnold. On the other, I don‘t think there was really enough for a stand alone book. I felt many scenes were unnecessarily expanded just to fill pages.

Also warning for sensitive readers (like me), some of the battle scenes have rather graphic descriptions.

I also learned that apparently “YA history” is now a genre. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Book 2 for #NFNovember
Book 6 for #NovelNovember 🎉

Andrew65 Doing brilliantly 👏👏👏 2y
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Kyle Donahue

My favorite part about the book was reading what he was like as a kid.

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Kyle Donahue

I would recommend this book to middle schoolers because of the content it carries. This books contains information about war and the harsh reality of it.

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Kyle Donahue
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Full Book- This book was interesting read, though it felt very long and drawn out. The biography is written about his early childhood, which he tends to be a prankster. The author looks at Arnold in a fair and positive way for most of the book.