This was a good Revolutionary War upper MG/young YA read.

Content: hanging, death of sibling, crushing

4 Stars ( )

Sophia's brother, William, taught her about patriotism and the cause of liberty before he left to join General Washington's army. After the British seize lower Manhattan, Sophia must bridle her tongue and hide her allegiances. She watches Nathan Hale's hanging and witnesses the despicable inhumanity of the British prison ships when she tries to ease her brother's plight. In opposition to her hatred for the British is her infatuation for John Andres, a British officer billeted in her parent's home. Sophia must face her feelings for Andres and decide where her loyalties truly lie when she learns that Benedict Arnold conspired with Andres to surrender Fort West Point to the British.
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Sophia watches the hanging of Nathan Hale in New York which prompts her to want to be on the side of America. Sophia and her mother arrive home to find it looted and British soldiers come to question them about her father and tell them they will be housing soldiers in their house. Sophia's father returns and her brother is still missing, but later they found out he is a prisoner. Sophia works at a printing shop to earn money for her family and to bribe people to free her brohter. She becomes a maid in General Clintons home to spy and finds out that the British forces have a traitor in the American army. ( )

Avi like Ann Rinaldi is very good writer about historical fiction for the young reader 10-14. This is a take on the Revolutionary War while in New York City when it was New Amsterdam through the eyes of a young girl, Sophia. We see first hand how grueling the War was on it colonies especially when the British would take over someone's home and/or destroy it if they were non-Tory.

Sophia’s War begins in 1776 when New York City is under siege by the loyalist soldiers sent by the king during the Revolutionary War. Sophia is a twelve year old girl that is forced to share her home with a soldier and pledge loyalty to the king. As the government hangs anyone who claims to be a patriot, Sophia becomes a spy to save her patriot soldier brother.