This is the second book about Hope who is ten years old. She lives near Valley Forge. The book deals with various themes. For one thing, there is the division in the town between those people who are Loyalists and those who are Patriots. One of her friends has parents who are Loyalists, and they prohibit there daughter from having anything to do with Hope since she is from a Patriot family.
There is also a theme on the way the British acted whenever they would take over a town, forcing people to allow British soldiers to live in their houses, feed them, do their clothes, etc. There is also the question of the availability of enough food. The Revolutionary War times were rough not just for the soldiers but also for the civilians.
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