It is decided that he will remain sequestered at home for now, since he is a known patriot and needs to recover. Sophia's father had thought it wise to remain at a friend's house in northern Manhattan, but he soon shows up at home with a gunshot in him arm. Fortunately, the Calderwood house, though ransacked, is still standing. Forced to flee with her mother and father when the British attack and seize lower Manhattan, on her return, Sophia and her mother witness, first, the hanging of Nathan Hale by the British for being a spy and second, the burnt remains of part of their lower New York settlement. This time Avi takes the reader back to the American Revolution.įor 12 year old Sophia Calderwood, the revolutionary war is personal. Avi has always been a favorite in our house and his latest book, Sophia's War, is another addition to his oeuvre of historical fiction that doesn't fail to satisfy.
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