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Simon & Schuster
February 2015
On Sale: January 20, 2015
Featuring: Deborah Sampson
320 pages
ISBN: 145166334X
EAN: 9781451663341
Kindle: B00BSAZ6SM
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At a time when rigid societal norms seemed absolute, Deborah Sampson risked everything in search of something better. Revolutionary, Alex Myersβs richly imagined and carefully researched debut novel, tells the story of a fierce-tempered young woman turned celebrated solider and the remarkable courage, hope, fear, and heartbreak that shaped her odyssey during the birth of a nation. After years of indentured servitude in a sleepy Massachusetts town, Deborah chafes under the oppression of colonial society and cannot always hide her discontent. When a sudden crisis forces her hand, she decides to escape the only way she can, rejecting her place in the community in favor of the perilous unknown. Cutting her hair, binding her chest, and donning menβs clothes stolen from a neighbor, Deborah sheds her name and her home, beginning her identity-shaking transformation into the imaginary βRobert Shurtliffββa desperate and dangerous masquerade that grows more serious when βRobertβ joins the Continental Army. What follows is a journey through Americaβs War of Independence like no otherβan unlikely march through cold winters across bloody battlefields, the nightmare of combat and the cruelty of betrayal, the elation of true love and the tragedy of heartbreak.
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