IRL: Grade 5
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What it does, it does very well. I read the edition with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman, she was a good choice. ( )

Reading Level: Intermediate
Genre: Biography
Summary: This book is a biography of John Hancock. It touches on his role during the Revolution as well as the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This book teaches students about who composed and worked on the document as well as who signed it and when it was signed/created.

Whether this counts as historical fiction or straight historical biography, I am not sure. Some details may be fictional, but by and large it is a straightforward favorable but not reverential biography of Hancock. ( )

A biography of the first signer of the Declaration fo Independence outlining all that he did for himself as well as what he did for Massachusetts and his new nation. Great book to use for a history class or social studies lesson. ( )