Ben Franklin is one of American history’s most fascinating and endearing personalities, and these books investigate the question, “What was it about Ben Franklin’s childhood that made him into the man that he became?” A series of six fictionalized biographies tells the story of Ben’s young life at significant points in his childhood, telling the tale of “Ben at Ten,” “Ben at Twelve,” Ben at Fifteen,” “Ben at Sixteen,” “Ben at Seventeen,” and “Ben at Nineteen.”