Rebels in Arms: Best Fiction About the American Revolution

Our maverick English Teacher and history buff marks a socially distanced Fourth Of July with 20 first rate historical novels about the Revolution. All of them are complex, historically accurate , and well-written. Howard Fast and Kenneth Roberts are unavoidable; if asked to pick the best book on the list, our compiler would be hard pressed to choose between "Citizen Tom Paine" and "Rabble in Arms". He also has included YA novels on the list, as "Johnny Tremain" and "My Brother Sam is Dead" are both first rate novels regardless of their target audience.