First chapter book I remember liking as a child! The nitty gritty history of the war through the eyes of modern day boys was fascinating to witness. Kinda want to reread it as an adult now...

This time traveling adventure was a fun romp through Revolutionary Times and I think it would make an amazing addition to a history curriculum. However, I feel like it might be a hard sell for an average student reader looking to read for fun.

After all the other children's and YA books I've read about the revolution, this really fell flat. It was lacking in historical detail, contained Indians that were complete stereotypes and just failed to interest me.

Pretty good!

The summary of this book is, matthew(matt) is eating dinner with his family. He is excited because his adventure club is having their first meeting! But his sister has to come. In the middle of the night matt and his friends; Tony, Hooter, and Q decide to go to the lake but they’ve heard stories about the lake. Apparently, there is this old rowboat that makes people disappear. Thing is, matt and his friends find the row boat and they get on it and they timetravel! Where is Matt and and his friends, well there in december 25, 1776, during the crossing of the Delaware River. George Washingtonś boat finds them thinking they're enemies or spies he takes them captive on the boat. Soon he finds out that they're just kids, so Adam Hibbs is instructed to bring them to a hotel. Matt got separated from the group and went with the soldiers to war! Matt meets this soldier named Israel not much older than Matt.Israel ends up dying. Mr. Hornby has found Matt and brought him to his house. Eventually, Matt had to leave so Mr. Hornby saddle up Black Jack(his donkey) and sent Matt off. Matt finds his friends and he finds out that katie was taken. Matt meets a the Hessian that took katie. What else happens well read the book.

A couple things I like and dislike are,I love adventure books because I love being excited and ¨OH THIS HAPPENED¨.
Another reason I like adventure books is, I just love going on adventures and reading adventure books gives me ideas of what i can do next. Like when matt read the adventure book, then went on that adventure.I don't like death because I cry easily and death makes me sad. Also, i've experienced that and that sucks.
Like when Israel dies.I love learning so learning more about history was ¨yeah¨ for me.another reason I like history is , I get to learn what it was like back then and I like to compare now to then.like not having sneakers to having sneakers.I didn't like the time travel because I wasn't following what happened.
When they time traveled the first time I was confused on what happened I didn't catch on until about five pages afterwards.
Like the boat drawed them in then they are in 17 century?I like reading when friends build better relationships.LIke when, matt and his friends got discouraged but matt didn't give up on them.

I would recommend this book. The audiences i would recommend this to is adventure people, history loving people,mystery,and people who like science fiction. The reason I would recommend this book is, I could go on for hours about stuff Ii like, and it was really hard to say three things i did not like about it! I would read it if i were you. (five stars)

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I cannot wait to use this book in my classroom! I think my students will really enjoy the idea of traveling back in time and meeting George Washington. While some have said that this was too gory or focused too much on the hardships of war, I disagree. I think that everything mentioned is age appropriate for fifth grade with the intent of showing them just how difficult the Revolutionary War was. Often, I find that my students understand the topic, but not the magnitude of the issue. I think that this will be a great tie in with my unit and will help them have a better understanding of the colonial militia and the fight against the redcoats. I hope the kids enjoy it!

I've just finished reading this books with my 9 year old son. He tends to be a super-speedy reader, so I'm glad that he and I worked through this one together - but only because we could take a bit of time to discuss the war-related events after we closed the book for the night.

I will avoid a full synopsis and thus spoilers here, but a group of children travel back in time and meet up with George Washington and his army on the way to the Battle of Trenton.

What I thought was really terrific about the book was the author's depiction of personal connections, the ambiguous nature of who the "good guys" are, and dealing with heartfelt loss.

The story was exciting and moved along well, very nice character development (must be hard to avoid full on cliches with young characters), and the content and context made for good discussion. I think 9 years old is right in the sweet spot for this book.

My son and I both enjoyed it very much and will be starting the second book, "George Washington's Spies" at our next bedtime reading!

How have I never added this to my Goodreads list? We do a book club with this book every year while learning about the Revolutionary War (really. every year for at least the last 13 years). Is it perfect? No. Does it get kids interested in history? Yes.
Top 10 from 2023: Adventure Club, Levy Lake (they get a kick out of that), third quarter moon, Mr. Hornbee, Katie, rowboat, George Washington, peas, Gustav, marshmallows

Read this as a kid and reread it today. Totally responsible for me falling in love with time travel.

Reading Counts Reading Level: 5.9
Lexile: 840
Publishers Weekly Age Recommendation: Ages 9-12

In contrast to a traditional historical fiction story, Woodruff's George Washington Socks presents the American Revolution to students in a unique way: modern day children experience the revolution by traveling back in time via a rowboat. Because the war is viewed through the eyes of 21st century children, it should be more relatable to students. For instance, there's a point in the story where the children share bubble gum and videogames with the 18th century characters, and their reactions are quite funny. This book is lots of fun and should be great for reluctant readers.

I was looking for a historical fiction book and at first this book did seem like a historical fiction book but when they teleported to the past during the revolutionary war it clicked. As I read this book I became more and more accurate with dates and events during the war. I didn't one hundred precent like this book but it your look for a quick historical fiction book this is the book for you.