For thirteenyearold Nathaniel, an indentured servant in colonial Virginia, life is hard. Though things improve with the help of a kind master named Basilwho shares music, books, and philosophies on equalityaround him the climate is heating up. It's 1775 and colonists are enraged by England's taxation. Patrick Henry's words give me liberty, or give me death become the sounding call and the American Revolution is about to errupt. Nathaniel and Basil must make a choice about joining the fight and face a larger conundrum about the true meaning of liberty.
L. M. Elliott crafts a stirring narrative for middle grade readersconveying the hopes and dilemmas of this crucial era in American history.
