The Secret of Sarah Revere: A Revolutionary War Novel for Children (Ages 10-12) About Family Secrets

by Ann Rinaldi

Thirteen-year-old Sarah Revere knows her father is a hero. But she also knows that Paul Revere guards a secret about the start of the Revolutionary War that he'll tell no one--not his new wife, not his best friend, not even his trusted daughter. It seems everyone in her family has secrets. Sarah's even got one of her own--and it's tearing her apart.
Reader's guide included.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Fiction, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Childrens

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1995

About the author

Ann Rinaldi (b. August 27, 1934, in New York City) is a young adult fiction author. She is best known for her historical fiction, including In My Father's House, The Last Silk Dress, An Acquaintance with Darkness, A Break with Charity, and Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons. She has written a total of forty novels, eight of which were listed as notable by the ALA. In 2000, Wolf by the Ears was listed as one the best novels of the preceding twenty-five years, and later of the last one hundred years. She is the most prolific writer for the Great Episode series, a series of historical fiction novels set during the American Colonial era. She also writes for the Dear America series.

Rinaldi currently lives in Somerville, New Jersey, with her husband, Ron, whom she married in 1960. Her career, prior to being an author, was a newspaper columnist. She continued the column, called The Trentonian, through much of her writing career. Her first published novel, Term Paper, was written in 1979. Prior to this, she wrote four unpublished books, which she has called "terrible." She became a grandmother in 1991.

Rinaldi says she got her love of history from her eldest son, who brought her to reenactments. She says that she writes young adult books "because I like to write them."

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was definently not my favorite book. I probably would never read it again. The beginning is kind of confusing and not intriguing. With the title of The SECRET of Sarah Revere, I was expecting an intense book of Sarah Revere having a secret that was really important information. But I was wrong, the book never had that. Also, I was waiting for the climax of the book, and I was thinking it would be a real intense one because in the book they are in a middle of war basically, but again, my assumption was false. The basis of the book was mostly about her Dad and brother and anything about her was about her life at home which bored me a little.

I wouldn't recomend this book to anyone that wants an intense book full of surprises. It's the kind of book that's predictable. The only people I would recomend this to would be Historical fanatics. Historical fanatics may understand more of the wording and backround information may help when trying to understand the book to it's fullest.

I was really surprised by Ann Rinaldi with this book. Usually I really enjoy her books but this time I was disappointed.

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm interested in reading more books by this author. I just picked this one up in the library because it looked interesting, and it did not disappoint. This books tells the story of Paul Revere's activities with the Patriots during the tumultuous years leading up to the summer of 1775 from the perspective of his 13-14 year old daughter, Sarah. It didn't gloss over the sticky issues and portrayed the stress and fear families of great patriots went through during those important years.

[Lexi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read this for school and NO ONE liked it. It had lots of history behind it and the Author's Note was nice, but it was one of those books that you could read the first 30 pages and the last 30 pages and you wouldn't miss much. The plot was all over the place and it was an all around cliché historical fiction book.

Spoiler: You never find out what the secret is...sorry.

[Eden Silverfox · Rating 4 out of 5]

What matters? What's true? Or what people think?

Sarah's father, Paul Revere, would say what matters is what's true. And sometimes Sarah isn't sure what's true. It seems everyone has secrets and it's a bit of confusing time for her. Sarah is 13 and a lot of things are changing, including her feelings.

Sarah feels her family is falling apart and doesn't know what to do.

I've read other books by Ann Rinaldi and enjoyed them greatly. This one took a little bit for me to get into, but it turned out to be a really good read.

I like Sarah and there are many times she seems to be older than thirteen. And there are times she is struggling with all the changes that is coming into her life. She lived in a period of change in America, but she was changing, too; she was growing up.

I liked Sarah's family for the most part. The Grandmother and her sister Debby weren't very likable characters, but I know they weren't supposed to be. Honestly, they weren't very nice.

It had a sad ending, but was a good read. And there were some lessons in there. I think one of the most important lessons from this book is that don't wait until it is too late. If you've fought, or just have something you really want to tell someone, tell them and don't wait.

[Alice B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The Secret of Sarah Revere" is set in Colonial America, and just after the civil war. Sarah's father is Pul Revere a well known silversmith and Revolutionary hero, and he has a secret. A secret everyone wants to know. And that is who shot the first shot in the first battle; the British or the Colonists? But Sarah also has a secret, not one that everyone wants to know, and she is the only one who knows there is a secret in her. She knows secrets are just too dangerous. I really like book likes this and "Gone with the Wind" because they take what I have learned in history, and channel it into a gripping tale that is fun to read, especially since I know what historical events are coming up! I highly recommend "The Secret of Sarah Revere" as a light read to people interested in history, specifically the Revolutionary War.

[Linnae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Young Sarah Revere continually wonders "What matters? The truth? Or what people think?" It seems to Sarah that everyone has a secret. Everyone has something to hide. Her famous father continues his work for the Patriots, her stepmother is warm friends with Dr. Warren (more than that? Sarah wonders), her older sister is constantly out with her boyfriend doing who knows what, and now even Sarah has something going on. She has gotten into a fight with Dr. Warren, and she cannot get past it. Meanwhile, the Revolution rolls on, bringing upheaval in its wake.

I'm wavering between 3 and 4 stars on this one. I enjoyed Sarah's perspective of some of the people and events of the American Revolution. Strong writing; clear characterizations. It fell flat a little for me, though over her secret. It seemed that the secrets of those around her were about bigger, more important things; a secret about an argument that was never resolved just didn't stand up.

[Emanuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

because this book had a little bit of hard words and people that I all ready know about and some that don't even sound like they were real.But there is a good side to this book,it talks about Paul Revere,Edward Hutchinson Revere,Joseph Warren Revere,John Revere,Mary Revere,and lots more and about their future about their companies which was interesting to me.Also it gave a little information about the author and how she won a award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life.And she made other books like: The Coffin Quilt,The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys,and The Staircase.Also the author tells me how it was like for Sarah Revere and telling the story thought her eye's.

[Stephanie Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even better the second time read! I finished the non-fiction book “Why Longfellow Lied” just before beginning this one, so a lot of the events in “Secrets” made more sense.
My husband and I were planning a fall trip to New England a few days ago. Now I really want to go see all these historic places again (we’d been once before)!
An excellent book for middle-grade and Y.A. readers. Any teacher of the Revolutionary War needs this in the classroom.

Memorable Quotes:
“What matters, Sarah? What’s true? Or what people think?”

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Readable historic fiction perfect for summer travel. I admit I found this book in my daughter's room as we did our summer cleaning, and I got sucked into it. I didn't know much about Paul Revere aside from his famous line: "the British are Coming!". He had 16 children and 59 grand children. He pretty much populated the country. Growing up in a house full of secrets (meetings, people, etc) the main character, his daughter, wrestled with the idea of truth throughout the book, What is truth: what people believe or what is really true. Good stuff there.

[Samantha Holt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This, coming from a teenager, is a great book for kids my age, as it is set from the perspective of Paul Revere's teenage daughter. It is a good way to get kids interested in history by adding situations, like the internal struggle Sarah Revere is facing, that we can relate to.

[Liliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book made me cry at the end.i loved it.

[Sommer T. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this was so-so. It's not terrible, but Ann Rinaldi has definitely written better books than this one.

[Jordan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring...

[Lana Del Slay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ann Rinaldi takes it Darker and Edgier in The Secret of Sarah Revere. Sort of. Spoilers to follow, as usual.

The real secret I was waiting to hear about was the one to do with Sara(h) Orne Revere, the narrator's mother. Early on we're told about Orne's grave, "with a skull and crossbones on it" (21), but never why and never how Isanna, Orne's last baby, died. I must confess that the only really major problem I have with this story is the prominence of insignificant details, because that is truly what Isanna and the first Mrs. Revere end up becoming: insignificant. Though they are significant to young Sarah, ultimately they have no bearing on the plot and only frustrated me because I was so sure this book would be about something a lot Darker and Edgier than it actually was. I dimly recall something about mental illness -- but it must be a different book, and I haven't the patience to do a detailed reread.

Someone should probably write the "what was up with those adults?" version of Revere's life circa the Revolutionary War. That would be fascinating. The secret of Revere's second wife, Rachel, involves Sarah's first crush, the doomed Dr. Joseph Warren. Warren, it turns out, has deep feelings for Rachel, who does not reciprocate them. Oh, don't get the wrong idea; there's nothing sordid about Rinaldi's portrayal of them. If the real Warren ever did anything untoward with Rachel Walker Revere, that stays a secret, all right. Instead, we see a version of Warren that loves in... you can't call it silence, but continence. He loves without imposing himself on Rachel, because Rachel unabashedly loves Paul Revere.

Rachel's secret has more to do with the secret activities she pursues with Tory sympathizers Lady Frankland (the former Agnes Surriage, scullery maid) and Margaret Kemble Gage (wife of a British general). As befits a novel told from the point-of-view of a thirteen-year-old girl, we don't hear much about those activities either. Sarah speculates in the right direction -- eventually -- but she is never certain.

Sarah isn't certain of much in this book. Her relationship to/with Warren is never peaceful, owing to her sister Debby's speculation about Rachel and Warren and the persistence of Debby's mistrust in Rachel. The strong personalities in the house are the women: Rachel, Paul's mother (only ever called Grandmother or Mother Revere), and Debby, who seems to have grown up very fast if Sarah is speculating that she will have to marry her sweetheart Amos aged fifteen. Sarah is also uncomfortably aware of the changing nature of her own feelings toward Warren -- uncomfortable for Sarah, not for the reader. Rinaldi covers similar territory in Time Enough for Drums, but Jem is older, more of a Debby than a Sarah, and Reid is only in his twenties. Warren is in his mid-thirties. Sarah is also fighting those feelings; she knows that a couple of years earlier, her affection for Warren was the same as her sisters', the kind that belongs to an uncle (155). Now Sarah is determined to keep those feelings in the territory of agape, not the eros Debby suggests. "How could Debby make something vile of my worshipful feelings for Doctor Warren?" (120)

The resulting conflict, the Sarah-Warren-Rachel-Paul quad (!), doesn't resolve completely. Sarah, in her insecurity, ends up so estranged from Warren that she cannot be sure her gift of Shakespeare's sonnets conveys to him her apology; their final parting is so loud that words are impossible. Hence the book. It's the only symbol that he might understand. The book first comes into play during Sarah's illness directly after Sarah confronts Warren about his possible feelings for Rachel. "I've always loved this book. I lost my only copy" (170). He is adamant in his denial, but without knowing Sarah's heart, he says the one thing that will cut her most deeply: that Sarah must be jealous of Rachel. Thus the sonnet he recites from the book must hurt even worse.

No longer mourn for me when I am dead, than you shall hear the surly sullen bell, give warning to the world that I am fled, from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell. Nay, if you read this line, remember not, the hand that writ it, for I love you so, that I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, if thinking on me then should make you woe.

Because history has its way, of course, and Warren dies. I hate marking historical facts as spoilers, but this one's obscure enough (except to Revolutionary War buffs) that it does count. So Warren dies, and his body is in part identified by that book. It's a beautiful detail. It's not a red herring; it really matters, if only on a personal level.

Ultimately the secret is also history: who shot first? Oh, like that one never caused any trouble. Star Wars fandom, I am looking at you. In this case, it is Paul Revere's witnessing of the first shot fired at Lexington and Concord, and it remains murky well into the author's note. It would appear that in fact the Americans shot first, which was not a fact they wanted widely known; Revere's passion for the truth ran straight into the American political machine, and the machine won.

I will end with a curious historical note that made me laugh. Mary Revere, Second Mary who is so terrified that she will die because she's named after her dead sister? Outlives just about everyone else. It's kind of scary how short the Revere girls' lives end up being, but Mary has a long one, and really that's cool when I think about how Rinaldi handled it.

[Rebecca Radnor · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of Paul Revere/Boston's struggles/Lexington & Dr. Joesph Warren from the perspective of Revere's daughter Sarah, a 14 year old girl who is obsessed with the banalities of youth, and an inflated sense of her own importance, etc, in spite of the fact that she's sitting on the edge of history. Both she and her father have a secret and in her mind, they are of equal importance. In that respect, it offers a realistic portrayal of a pre-teen girl whose hormonal shifts rule her brain. You almost get the feeling that Rinaldi intends this book to stand as the feminine compliment to Johnny Tremain; in that, women were not allowed by the culture of that day to take part in the political realm so their focus was steadfastly seated on the feminine domain. This contrast offers a teaching opportunity regarding the domain of women in a society that firmly divided the roles of the genders, and a nice tangent into the same during the revolution.

The ending of the book is something of a major cop-out, I think Rinaldi reached the max for a young adult book and just needed to wrap it up; so it reminds me of conclusions I've written to papers where I didn't' really have a conclusion so I tried to say something profound as a way to mask the fact that I didn't really have a point. Forgiving that, it's a really good book.

A constant theme in the book is what matters more, what's true, or what people think. Paul Revere is constantly telling his daughter that what really matters is what is true. This is of course consistent with enlightenment ideals (what matters is what you can see with your eyes and test, not what authorities tell you to think about it).

The book also hints at social hierarchies at play in Boston at the time. While Revere was a member of the masons (an organization that promoted the ideals of the enlightenment that would go on to become the ideals of democracy) the fact was that Abigale Adams and the rest of the wives would not socialize with Revere's wife because she was not of the right social class (a fact which some historians point to for why Revere seems to drop out of the picture after the revolution, he wasn't high class enough to be considered part of the ruling body). In fact, Revere was so excluded that if it weren't for Longfellow's poem, there's a good chance Revere's role in history might have been forgotten to all but historians and antique collector's who specialize in colonial silver.

There are also some interesting psychological issues raised, such as the woman who is so frightened by, and in discordance with, her husbands patriotic involvement that in the search for security she takes to having affairs with Tories and British soldiers.

This is one of the more entertaining Rinaldi books. Rinaldi does civil war recreations in her spare time (events intended to be both fun for the participants and educational for the viewers); knowing this it is clear that she writes with this same double intent and constructs her books to double as history lessons. This is part of why I don't think there's anything accidental in her construction of female society in the colonies. Also, as a rule, if Rinaldi throws in a random name and event, you can be sure that if you goggle that person they are in fact a real person and might even have their own wikipedia page.

[Alondra Herrera · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book the main characters are Sarah, father, and doctor Warren. It took setting in many places but the most important place would be there home town which is Watertown. This book was based on the Revolutionary war, so it was around 1776. The Secret of Sarah Revere is about a girl named Sarah who is struggling with the past because her father knows who shot the first shot because her dad was in it because he was a soilder. Dr. Warren starts of in the book as a docter who dosen’t know that much of Sarah and her family, but throughout the story he gets to know them better and gets really close to them like if there were a family because he visits them a lot and is a very good friend to father. Sarahs’ dad was like any other kind of father a nice loving gentlemen because he cared a lot about his because thats all he cared about. He has been keeping a secret that know one knows about because he dosen’t tell anyone not even his wife or kids because he dosen’t care about no more because it was in the past and the past should stay in the past. Sarah has always been telling her dad whats more important whats true or what people think and father always replies with whats true instead of what people think because thats his opinon. Father and Dr. Warren both fought in the Rvolutionary war just that Dr. Warren didn’t make it out alive because a brith man shot him after he said the he will never surrender. After that everyone was upset about his death wich is practically normal. Then Sarah finally got through her head that hat is more important is whats true and she has been telling all her little silbing that because she wants them to know that it dosen’t matter what people think.
In my opinon I think this book was really great espically the end because they ended the book unexpectly, like I never thought Dr. Warren was gonna die, I never thought Sarah was gonna get along with Dr. Warren because in the middle of the book everything was exactly the opposite then all of a sudden BOOM it happens wich I personally really like books that are like that because the ending is always the opposite of what you think. I also like how they relate to the American Revolutionary war because it helped a lot in understanding the war and it gave a good visualize in my head.

[Lucy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Secret of Sarah Revere is a beautiful book. The story starts with two really confusing chapters set in Watertown. These chapters happen after the action of the story happens. I really wish that Ann Rinaldi had left these two chapters out- or just moved them to later on in the story. They were very confusing. Then the story jumps back two years and we learn about the family and we live Sarah's life during the beginning of the war. I loved this part of the story. The characters were great and I especially loved the descriptions of the first battles of the Revolutionary War. I live in Massachusetts- so whenever I read about the American Revolution- I get this amazing feeling of pride. I know this is nerdy- but when Paul Jr. used the famous line, "One if by land, two if by sea,' I got chills. That whole scene gave me chills. It was so beautiful. Then Ann Rinaldi goes back to the beginning of the book and picks up where she left off. The problem is- she changes how long ago the events we just read about happened. This book was great with amazing characters ( Paul Jr. Was my favorite). The only problem was- it seemed like she wrote the book in parts then laced them together- because things don't match up. Sometimes she will say things like, "Paul wasn't coming with us," and then Paul would be there with them with no explanation. Also- she switched from the past to the present tense sometimes. Overall- it was easy to overlook the flaws because it was a wonderful story- perfect for the fourth of July- but it was very confusing at times. I really enjoyed this story. 4 stars P.S. I do not think the person who wrote the description and titled the book even read it. The story is not about Sarah's secret as it would seem. We don't find out what that is until the second to last page.

[Reba · Rating 2 out of 5]

So I stand corrected. I made the mistake of going into a book with high expectations. I know that sounds horrible, but I've discovered that if you go into something with low expectations... you're either right or pleasantly surprised. I thought that with such a great title: The Secret of Sarah Revere, there was going to be some kind of spectacular plot with her having this super important secret or something. No. That's not what happened. Instead she's this girl pining over someone who at the time was probably old enough to be her father almost to the point of being obsessive. Then she says these horrible things to him and then instead of either putting it down to the fact that she has a fever or apologizing to him she is terribly rude to him. I found that she spends to much time worrying about him and some other things that I don't feel like going into that I don't feel like I can possibly give this book anything more that a two or one and a half stars. It really helps if you can like the main character and for some reason this character that Ann Rinaldi paints just didn't work for me. Oh, well... I tried.

[Lexie · Rating 4 out of 5]

BR#8

The secrets of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi is a perfect look into the past of the United States of America. Thirteen year old Sarah Revere, Daughter of the great Paul Revere, is living in a time of a raging revolution between the American Colonies and Great Britain. She struggles with this question “What matters? The truth? Or what people think?”. She is constantly thinking about this question. Her father is gone on rides most of the time for the Sons of Liberty. She struggles with so many problems her own and her country’s but she remains strong.

The time period of this historical fiction book is around the time after the first shot at Lexington. The colonies are at the brink of a terrible war. Paul Revere makes his famous ride later in the book. With all of this surrounding Sarah a lot of different emotions are invoked. She is constantly threatened by the British officers. Life is not easy with new threats coming up every day. This is a tough time to grow up.

This is a phenomenal book. I would recommend it to those who like to learn about history. It is a middle read. It is 310 pages.

[C · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is written for upper elementary students. It reads as a memoir by Paul Revere's daughter, Sara.

There are two themes. One is the coming of age story for 12 to 13-year-old Sara who has a crush on a much older man, The family doctor and fellow patriot friend of her father. There is a subplot where she almost believes that her stepmother maybe smitten with him as well. In addition her older sister has it true love interest and her eldest brother has become a man helping her father with the smell with the silversmith shop and his revolutionary jobs. Her second oldest brother is also coming of age and will soon be old enough to participate in the coming war.

Along with all this is the telling of what it might have been like to be in the revere family during the time leading up to the revolutionary war and those first month of combat. The secrets, the fear, the fight for liberty.

[Danni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up to fulfill at July 4th reading challenge.

Embarrassingly, I remember little of what I learned in school about the Revolutionary War, and thus had troubles following some of the events / people in this book. It is probably best paired with a history lesson and it's not great for someone who has a poor grasp of the past.

On the plus side, there was lots of fascinating tidbits about different characters who I kept researching while I was reading — because it always seemed too outlandish to be true! But yes, Rinaldi did her research and seamlessly incorporated many compelling facts.

Also this title is misleading, I was hoping for something juicy but the “secrets” are uninteresting. However, I am grateful I read this book because I do feel as though I came away learning something and I’ve gained a new perspective on our history (and I’m interested to research more!).

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ann Rinaldi truly makes history seem more alive than ever. Even if the characters she chooses aren’t as interesting to me, I’m still sucked into the history and her writing. I love just being in the world she spins up. You feel like you are there. I enjoyed Sarah as the narrator. And how she observed her family during the Boston Tea Party and the start of the Revolutionary War.
Some times with Ann Rinaldi characters, they are written so annoyingly. I felt like Rachel was somewhat annoying and so was Debby. Making Rachel and Doctor Warren have an ‘honourable’ thing was kind of an interesting choice. I did love that Sarah was first person POV and I loved the way the end was tied in and woven into the real history of what happened.
Also it’s so important to read about history in this way. The research is always done well.

[Celia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love the way Ann Rinaldi turns a piece of history into a really good story, especially written for grades 7-10. This is the story of one of Paul Revere's daughters, Sarah, and a dark secret she harbors in her heart. The reader gets a glimpse of life in Boston at the very beginning of the Revolutionary War, with actual characters straight out of the pages of history. I love Boston, and I have visited the Revere house and Bunker Hill, and other historical places, and it made the reading of this story even more enjoyable for me. There is action, suspense and romance. what else could you ask for?

[Mia Wilson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Save your time. Nothing about this book was appealing save for the one exchange between Paul and Sarah Revere.

“The truth is what you make it.”

I didn’t even realize that’s what the book was about until that one line. Because despite the book’s title, secrets do not in fact seem to be a reoccurring topic. I was also hoping for a strong, sympathetic heroine out of Sarah but she hardly ever left her family’s home.

I would provide a brief synopsis of the novel’s plot, but to be perfectly honest, I don’t know what this novel was about other than Sarah and her family members having endless tedious conversations and who was speaking to whom.

Skip it.

[Christine B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brisk and engaging look at the American Revolution. Rinaldi does a great job of both researching her story and creating believable characters. Her depiction of Dr. Joseph Warren, an important but largely forgotten figure of the early Revolution, is especially moving.

The book is flawed, however, in leaving out some major details of Warren's life -- in particular, his engagement to Mercy Scollay -- that Revere's family would surely have known, and would probably have impacted the main character's POV. It's disappointing to find a discrepancy this obvious in what is otherwise is very satisfying bit of historical storytelling.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one featured more language than I felt was necessary for this story. There were some other aspects of the story that I felt could have done well with less graphic (I don't refer to blood & guts of it being war time) details & still served their purpose in the story. But overall I usually enjoy Ann Rinaldi's writing style & her historical adventure writings & this book was no different in that aspect. Although I read this book once (& the first read was great) this is not a book I'd probably put on my list of "oh my word! I MUST read this again in a year or two!"

[brettlikesbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

puts you in the thick of our exciting history + young sarah harbors a secret & learns a hard lesson
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“ ‘What matters? What’s true? Or what people think?’
He put an arm around my shoulders. ‘You know the answer, Sarah. What matters is what’s true. Always. If we didn’t know that, would we thinking men here in Boston do what we’re doing to defend our rights?’ “
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[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Father, what matters? What people think? Or what’s true?"

Sarah Revere is the daughter of the famous Paul Revere. I think this is one of Rinaldi's best, and that's saying something. She has such a gift for blending fact and fiction, reality and imagination so seamlessly that you become completely wrapped up in the story. I learn more from Rinaldi's books than the best history book could ever hope to convey; she brings these characters to life in a way few other authors can manage.

[Taylor Bullis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the first real novel that I ever read. A teacher gifted me this book in third grade. Even back then this book intrigued me. I fell in love with the genre and books in general. Sarah's tale is beautifully told and it left me speechless. I continue to reread this book, even though I am now in the ninth grade.

[Emma Goddard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ann Rinaldi’s novel, “The Secret of Sarah Revere,” is a great illustration of what life would be like for one of Paul Revere’s children. This book does a fantastic job at each person’s character development, and goes into great detail of Sarah’s daily dramas. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for good historical fiction.