Itś 1776, Sophia Calderwood a 12 year old girl and her family must flee New York due to a British invasion. In the book, ¨Sophiaś War¨, by Avi you will follow a twelve year old girl through her life changing adventures in quest of saving the country she loves during the Revolutionary War. During this war there were very many hardships that caused lack of information, rise in prices, and people had to be extremely cautious with what was said and actions that were done in this time. Throughout the book you will learn more about her quest and the events that followed up to the last hanging in the book. You will also learn why she made the decisions that she made in this informative story and the Revolutionary War. Traveling back to their hometown in New York after the devastating invasion, Sophia and her Mother witness the hanging of, Nathan Hale, a spy, little did they know that witnessing this hanging would affect them in the long run. While watching this poor man be hung lots of phrases and mean things were called out that will never be forgotten, for example, ¨No Bibles for Rebel spies.” Once they have arrived home there is a knock on the door, they are visited by a couple of British officers, that inform them they will be having house guest, John Andre. Throughout, the stay of John Andre, Sophia grows feelings for him as they travel around the city and run little errands. One day, there was a group of prisoners walking past, in the group of men Sophia locates her brother, William, she follows them to a sugarhouse where they are being kept. Days later she decides to visit her brother in there to bring food and talk to him. Later she finds that he has been taken to a prison ship, she travels to where this ship is and is later informed that he had died two days earlier by an inmate on the ship. Sad from this news she pledges to help the patriots cause, which
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Her story continues 2 years later when she is working for a publisher to help support her family. A man named, Robert Townsend, often visits her place of work and takes a special interest in her, and later asks her is she would be willing to risk her life and become a spy with him so they could gather information and pass it on to General Washington. After days of thinking over this idea of being a spy she finally says yes. She is first stationed to be a maid in the Kennedy house where John Andre is currently living. While her days of work she intercepts letter between two unknowns later to find that one is John Andre and the other is Benedict Arnold. While intercepting through the letters she discovers the date and time Arnold plans to turn over war plans to British Army which means the war would be over and the British would win. To stop this from happening Sophia decides to walk up to where the meeting is being held and tell someone that is higher up than Benedict Arnold. On her travels she meets an old couple that offer a ride up the Hudson River, later to be kicked off by what she had said. With only 20 miles to go she decides that she will
Her story continues 2 years later when she is working for a publisher to help support her family. A man named, Robert Townsend, often visits her place of work and takes a special interest in her, and later asks her is she would be willing to risk her life and become a spy with him so they could gather information and pass it on to General Washington. After days of thinking over this idea of being a spy she finally says yes. She is first stationed to be a maid in the Kennedy house where John Andre is currently living. While her days of work she intercepts letter between two unknowns later to find that one is John Andre and the other is Benedict Arnold. While intercepting through the letters she discovers the date and time Arnold plans to turn over war plans to British Army which means the war would be over and the British would win. To stop this from happening Sophia decides to walk up to where the meeting is being held and tell someone that is higher up than Benedict Arnold. On her travels she meets an old couple that offer a ride up the Hudson River, later to be kicked off by what she had said. With only 20 miles to go she decides that she will