Sutcliffe, Jane,

The White House is burning : August 24, 1814 / Jane Sutcliffe. - 120 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116) and index.

The hours before dawn -- Dawn -- Morning -- Noon -- Afternoon -- Dusk -- Night -- The day after -- And after.

Junior Library Guild

Traces the story of the burning of the White House by the British during the War of 1812 from the perspectives of its witnesses, including First Lady Dolley Madison, a British officer and a 9-year-old slave.

10-13. 5-8. 960L Lexile.



A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)

9781580896566 (reinforced for library use) : $16.50

2013014226


White House (Washington, D.C.)--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.


Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--War of 1812--Juvenile literature.

E356.W3 / S88 2014

975.3/02