In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
Despite being the daughter of the king, Elizabeth is sent to live in exile by those in power in the court who fear the person the young princess may one day become, in a dramatic tale about power, politics, and complex schemes within the royal family.
A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focuses on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war. Reprint.
Fleeing his owners and trying to find the Union Army to sign up, eleven-year-old Luke comes upon a young slave girl lost in the woods and a young white boy whose plantation was burned to the ground, in a moving story about an unlikely friendship and the struggle to survive in the midst of war.
In Kentucky, during the Civil War, twelve-year-old slave Gabriel contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey
When Sam Meeker leaves his home in Redding, Connecticut, a town loyal to the king, to fight with the rebel army, he places his family in a very difficult position
When her owner dies at the start of the Revolution, a greedy nephew keeps Isabel and her younger sister enslaved and sells them to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots
When he and his tutor escape to British-occupied Boston, Octavian learns of Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join the counterrevolutionary forces. 75,000 first printing.