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Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution
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Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution

Written by Avi

Narrated by Angela Goethals

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Acclaimed children's author Avi's many accolades include a Newbery Medal and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Inspired by true stories from the American Revolution, Sophia's War begins in 1776, when British troops arrive on the doorstep of 12-year-old Sophia Calderwood's home in New York. After the disappearance- and possible capture- of her brother, and the execution of Nathan Hale, Sophia has vowed to do all she can to help the cause for independence. But the war will test her in ways she never imagined.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 25, 2012
ISBN9781470323820
Author

Avi

Avi's many acclaimed books for young readers include the Newbery Medal-winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead and the Newbery Honor books Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle as well as The Fighting Ground, Poppy, and The Secret School. He lives in Colorado.           

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    i love it l o v e i t love it
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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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.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Sophia's War: a Tale of the Revolution
    In 1776, the War of Independence comes to New York City, and to twelve-year-old Sophia Calderwood’s family. William, her older soldier brother, was convinced by his friend to join the war. Now he has been missing since the defeat of George Washington’s Army at the Battle of Brooklyn.

    When the British occupy the city, Lieutenant John André of the English Army, is billeted at the Calderwood home. He and Sophia develop a flirtatious friendship, which is tested when the girl discovers that William is being held in The Sugarhouse, a notorious British prison with deplorable living conditions. She hopes André can help. When he chooses not to, Sophia struggles to save her brother herself. William dies while on a prison ship. Now Sophia will sped her days avenging her brothers death, because she knows Andre could have saved him if he had chosen it fi so.

    Three years later, Sophia becomes a spy in the headquarters of the British Army. There she finds André, now a Major, working to enable a highly placed American General become a traitor, a treason that will endanger the whole American war effort. Deciding to stop the treason—and motivated by personal revenge—Sophia becomes desperate. However, as Sophia learns, desperation’s other name is deception. Indeed, the desperate characters in this thrilling tale of spies and counter-spies, act out many acts of deception, not least by Sophia herself.

    Based on true tales of the Revolution, carefully researched, this story will shock and enthrall even those who think they know what happened during this period of our nation's history.


  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Sophia's War is a compelling story of the Revolutionary War, as told through the eyes of Sophia, just 12 years old when the story begins. The book is split into two parts, first telling the life of Sophia the child, before moving onto Sophia as a young woman. The author does a great job of making sure that the writing and the speech is of the times, and, as I happened upon them every so often, I enjoyed figuring out what an old phrase or word meant in it's context. I found the story to be gripping and never dull, and enjoyed the true historical elements that were weaved into it as well, which actually led me to do a little research on the Revolutionary War.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    A superbly written, completely engaging historical novel. Pair this one with Steve Sheinkin's Notorious Benedict Arnold.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This was a really great story about a brave girl on the side of the americans during the revolutionary war. It is a very ggod story, full of suspense and action. She is constantly torn between both sides. I would definately share this book with 6th graders on up.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Oh, Avi. I'm waiting for a book as compelling as THE TRUE CONFESSIONS of CHARLOTTE DOYLE. Sophia's got a lot of moxie. She's brave and does an excellent job showing how women, often overlooked by the men of colonial America, were able to penetrate the British military world and gather important information to help the American forces. You've done an excellent job working real people like Nathan Hale, John Andre, and Benedict Arnold into her personal world. And for that I applaud you. I am recommending this book for students studying the American Revolution, particularly as its only book which builds a great story in Manhattan controlled by the British. But please Avi, bring me another Charlotte Doyle. Untl then, I do find Sophia a satisfying realistic character.