The Boston Coffee Party

illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully;
HarperCollins, 1988.

“There really was a 'Boston Coffee Party’ during the American Revolution in which women punished a selfish merchant who was hoarding his coffee bean stock during the war until the price was high enough for profit. Rappaport tells a story from the point of view of two young sisters in words that are easy to read but convey the feelings of the time and the action of the plot.” School Library Journal