Benjamin Franklin

by Deborah Kent

A biography of Benjamin Franklin discusses his role in drafting the Declaration of Independence, securing France's aid in the Revolution, negotiating peace with Britain, and creating the Constitution. Original.

Genres: Biography, History

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Makayla Thelen]

It was good I learned a bunch of things about his life that I never knew he had done before. All they tell you in school is that he had a kite and did a science experiment but this gives a lot of detail about his life that you would have never learned from school