In The Scarlet Stockings Spy, Trinka Hakes Noble melds a suspenseful tale of devotion, sacrifice, and patriotism with the stark realities of our country's birth.

Philadelphia 1777 is no place for the faint of heart. The rumble of war with the British grows louder each day, and spies for and against the Patriots are everywhere. No one is above suspicion. Still, everyday life must go on and young Maddy Rose must help her mother, especially since her father's death at the Battle of Princeton and now with her beloved brother Jonathan off with Washington's army. But when childhood games become life-and-death actions, Maddy Rose is drawn ever deeper into events that will explode beyond her imagining.

As young America stands on the very brink of its fight for freedom, it becomes clear that even the smallest of citizens can play the largest of parts, and that the role of a patriot has nothing to do with age and everything to do with heart.

Author: Trinka Hakes Noble
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 10/14/2004
Series: Tales of Young Americans
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.52w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781585362301

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 85561 / Scarlet Stockings Spy


Award: 2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee - Junior Book
Award: 2008 Golden Sower Award Nominee - Intermediate