Freedom's Fire

The Revolutionary War that gave America its freedom touched the lives of thousands of families - including children - in far distanct places. Freedom's Fire tells the story of four such families. The events leading up to the Battle of Long Island are seen through the eyes of Maggie, a young Scottish girl living in England while her father prepares for war; James, a young American boy of Dutch descent living in New York City; Joe, an African-American slave on an upstate New York manor; Taipa, a member of the Wappinger Nation in the lower Hudson River Valley. Each of these young lives is forever affected by the Revolution and its aftermath.