Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

It's the Summer of 1787, and it's hot! Fifty-five delegates from thirteen states have huddled together in the strictest secrecy in the Philadelphia State House to write the Constitution of the United States. But these men - a mix of some of the greatest patriots of the Revolutionary War - can't agree on much. And not only do they have problems getting along, they can't even sit comfortably and open a window in the overwhelming heat for fear of spies!

Jean Fritz's entertaining, and historically accurate, account includes many little-known facts about the summer our Founding Fathers came together to overcome their differences and write this nation's Constitution.

Grades 2 - 5 hardback