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
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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