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A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.
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Willy Freeman's life changes forever when she witnesses her father's death at the hands of the Redcoats and returns home to find that the British have taken her mother as a prisoner to New York City.
Willy, disguised as a boy, begins her long search for her mother and luckily finds a haven at the famous Fraunces Tavern. But even with the help of Sam Fraunces and her fellow worker, Horace, Willy knows that to be black, female, and free leaves her open to danger at every turn. What will tomorrow bring?
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A suspenseful historical novel about a young black woman's fight against racism. Ages 812.
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- PublisherDelacorte Books for Young Readers
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 038529235X
- ISBN 13 9780385292351
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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