Central Kansas Library System

Winter, 1777. After the American victories at Trenton and Princeton the British and their Hessian allies have withdrawn to a handful of overcrowded positions in Northeastern New Jersey. In order to feed their men and horses the British must venture into the Jersey countryside to seize supplies. But morale among the Continental troops and Jersey Militia is high, and they will challenge every British foray: one British officer will describe the experience...

It is 1776: seventeen year-old Gideon Hawke has spent over a year fighting for freedom, but now the American War of Independence is going badly. Reeling from setback after setback, he and his fellow soldiers have suffered from cold, hunger, thirst, and fatigue while watching their once mighty army nearly melt away. Just when he thought things could not get worse, Gideon realizes that his love, Ruth Munroe, has joined the war effort, exposing her to...