Sarah Saves the Day

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Ellen Chervenick is an artist and the author and illustrator of Sarah Saves the Day. She holds a master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Biola University and has taught art, ESL, and special education. Ellen's graduate school research (on using sensory activities to teach) inspired this educational book. She once taught a group of fifth graders about the Revolutionary War by impersonating her ancestor Sarah Bradlee Fulton and providing sensory activities. It's one of her favorite teaching memories.

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Sarah crosses enemy lines on a top secret deception operation for General George Washington. Based on actual events. "I have never been afraid of man or beast, Major Brooks. I can easily do this, trust me!" Sarah declared. "But Sarah, we don't even have a plan for how exactly you would deliver this message directly into General Howe's hands!" said Brooks. Sarah paused to think and then boldly asserted, "Then I will have to make it up as I go, depending on what's going on when I get to the British camp." Sarah's life in 18th century Massachusetts was adventurous from beginning to end. Not long after Sarah married her best friend, John, Britain's oppression in Boston came to a boiling point. She and John responded by joining forces with other Patriots who wanted freedom from England. In 1775, General Washington arrived in Boston to lead the newly formed Continental Army against the British. Knowing it would be nearly impossible to push the redcoats out of Boston, Washington devised a plan. He would need a courageous courier. That search led the general to John. But when something unexpected happens on the night of the secret mission, Sarah volunteers to cross enemy lines in John's place. This book is written for fifth graders, homeschoolers, or anyone studying American History and includes educational activities related to the Revolutionary War. If you like Stuart Gibbs' Spy School fiction series, Elizabeth Raum's Spies of the American Revolution: An Interactive Espionage Adventure, and Avi's Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution, you won't be able to put down Sarah Saves the Day interactive biography with educational activities. Author Ellen Chervenick is a descendent of the real-life heroine, Sarah Bradlee Fulton, and created this book to preserve Sarah's story.