Lafayette! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #8): A Revolutionary War Tale

My ten year old has been looking forward to Nathan Hale's latest book for months. We were so excited to have "Lafayette" delivered on the release date. My son read it cover-to-cover in one long sitting. It was blissful to have a night of family reading time, and not even a hint of asking for screen time. Each book in the Hazardous Tales series has enthralled my son. I give these books to parents of his friends that are trying to find the right "hook" to get their kids to enjoy reading. My kid is a history buff and these books really speak to his interest. If anyone can recommend other series of a similar vein, I'm all ears! In the meantime, this will be read over and over again, and we will not-so-patiently await Nathan Hale's next project!

My kids and I have been hooked on these that we have had the library copies continuously checked out and decided we should probably buy copies of our own. This graphic novel covers Lafayette's early life through the end of the American Revolutionary War. My favorite effect of a Hazardous Tale is that it gets my 7 and 9 year old interested in learning more about the subjects Mr. Hales covers. They went and looked up the rest of Lafayette's amazing life story after the American Revolution. I hope that part of the his tale can be told by Mr. Hale in the future. Can't wait for more!

I love this series and I really loved this installment! I'm typically not really into Revolutionary War stories because it was a war that meant freedom for some and not others, but I enjoyed this one because Lafayette was such a dynamic and fun character, truly an adventure and battle seeker. And it felt like this was one of the more understandable story arcs, not confusing at all. Though I do think the author could be better about tracking dates throughout, or making sure there's a recent date marker if a year is randomly mentioned in the narrative. Also, it's cool to see the artwork get better and tighter as the series goes on. Looking forward to learning what the next book topic will be.

My son waits for each book to come out from this author and devours every one in a day's time. This book is no exception. All of Nathan Hale's books can be read and re-read as so many details cover each page. What an inspiring author! Thanks for helping my kid love history!

It was as funny and snarky as Nathan Hale's books usually are, but Ethan Allen was in for one of two panels in the long awaited Benedict Arnold backstory,and he was portrayed as a bufoonish egotistical drunkard again, which is out of character. For more information,look up Ethan Allen, and you will learn tons of interesting facts K three to scratch the surface of in this, but I accidentally deleted it.

My 10 and 12 year old children read books 1-5 in short order. They both read the series in about a week and then displayed the books on their shelf -- a place of honor :). Both my kids are good readers, but they're somewhat picky about what they like. This series might be good for kids who liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dragonbreath, and/or Dogman.

I have students who will only read these books. No other book gets them excited to read, but with these books, they will sit silently for 20 minutes and read, sometimes so engrossed in it that I have to urge them to put it down when it's time to move on.Mr. Hale better keep writing more of these. I don't know what I'll do when my students get through them all.

My 9 year old has been waiting all summer for this to come out after having read all the previous Hazardous Tales last spring. He loved Lafayette and is already rereading it. Thank you for helping my son learn to love to read. Can’t wait for more Hazardous Tales!!

Excellent. It was a great gift for my husband, he really enjoyed it, especially having seen Hamilton.