The American colonies are embroiled in a struggle for freedom. Susanna Bolling, a brave and resourceful teenage girl. craves independence. While her brothers are off fighting for the Patriots, she longs to do more than tedious household chores and attend spinning bees in sleepy City Point, Virginia. When British General Cornwallis invades her family's Bollingbrook Plantation, she overhears his secret plan to defeat the Patriots. Much to her shock, she finds herself at the center of the war effort. Now America's fight for liberty hinges on her. But can she overcome her mother's objections, face her own fears, and outwit the famed General and his entire Army? -- Adapted from back cover.

Ages 10-12.