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Ellie Harlow and the Declaration of Courage: A Children's Art History Adventure (Book 2 of the Art Escapes Series)
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 26 2026
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A world where weak words can vanish-and courage begins with trying again.
Nathan has never trusted words. Letters shift, lines blur, and reading aloud can make even a simple moment feel impossible. But during a visit to the U.S. Capitol, something strange begins to happen.
The plaque beside a famous painting seems to move.
The words are breaking apart. Black wings are forming. And Ellie's brass flashlight is growing warm.
Before Nathan and Ellie can understand what they are seeing, they are pulled into the summer of 1776-where Thomas Jefferson is struggling to write words powerful enough to shape a nation.
But something is attacking the page.
Mysterious Ink Flies are devouring the weakest words, turning every sentence into a puzzle and every mistake into a clue. To uncover what the creatures want, Nathan must stop seeing his struggle with words as a weakness-and trust the one thing he has always understood better than anyone else.
Meaning.
Because some words are harder to read.
And some truths are too important to get right the first time.
Inside these pages:
- A boy who doubts his reading-but never loses the meaning behind the words.
- A thrilling journey into 1776 where history feels alive, uncertain, and unfinished.
- Mysterious creatures that judge every sentence and erase what does not ring true.
- A powerful reminder that mistakes are not failures-they are part of becoming better.
- An unforgettable story of courage, collaboration, resilience, and learning differently.
Gripping, clever, and impossible to put down, Ellie Harlow and the Declaration of Courage pulls readers into a historical mystery where every word matters-leaving them eager to discover what survives the next draft.
Not just an adventure. Not just a lesson about history.
A story about the courage to try again when the first version is not enough.
Buy Now and uncover the secret hidden inside history-before you're the one left wondering why everyone is talking about Nathan, Ellie, and the Ink Flies.Also in
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