First off, I had no idea about the history of the Black Loyalists during the American Revolution. This is something my history classes never covered, and I’m kind of pissed and kind of ashamed I haven’t learned about it before. Johnson’s story is about a fifteen year old slave who adopts the name Alexander Freeman after abandoning an American master to fight for the British along with a brother and a cousin, neither of whom survive the war. Alexander Freeman does though. It’s second person, which would be tougher to read in print, but works well in audio format. The story is good, though possibly that’s partly my thrill at learning something interesting about American history that I should have known. ( )