45,965 CF shelf. NOT ex-library. Metallic red-stamped black spine w/ red bds. Slightly cocked. Author's 2012 presentation to "Afam" on title pg. With glossary, bibliography. Historical fiction set during the American Revolution. 302 p. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 059108

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Titel: Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution. ...

Verlag: Beach Lane Books, New York/ London

Erscheinungsdatum: 2012

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Debra Sfetsios-Conover dj

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition.

Art des Buches: Book

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* "The book's riveting opening scene, in which Sophie watches as Nathan Hale is hanged as a spy, foreshadows the danger she knowingly accepts by engaging in espionage. Few historical novels are as closely shaped by actual events as this one during the last 100 pages. Working within the bounds of credibility, Avi manages to keep the fictional narrator on the scene for a good deal of the action and uses real moments to bring the imagined story to its dramatic heights. A glossary of eighteenth-century terms and an author's note are appended. Pair this intriguing historical novel with Sheinkin's The Notorious Benedict Arnold (2010)."

--Booklist, August 1, 2012, *STAR

* "Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin: The Cross of Lead) channels the mood, language, and danger of the Revolutionary War in this seamless blend of history and fiction, set in British-occupied New York City.... The book is chockful of fascinating historical details, including the conditions for those stranded in New York and the failed meetings between Arnold and John Andr�, his (real-life) British contact. Avi doesn't sugarcoat the brutal realities of war...in this rich, nail-biting thriller."

--Publishers Weekly, August 13, 2012, *STAR

* "Sophia's War is outstanding historical fiction, bringing to dramatic life the human story behind extraordinary events. The climax is a seamless incorporation of hard fact with thrilling espionage as Avi juxtaposes scenes of Andr� and Arnold's attempt to meet against Sophia's efforts to stop them. Rich in period detail, the atmospheric prose vividly re-creates old New York and allows readers to experience Sophia's conflicting emotions. A glossary clarifies 18th-century terms; in an author's note, Avi reflects on historical fiction."--School Library Journal, October 2012, *STAR

"Avi's setting is impeccable (especially the descriptions of the prisons where rebel soldiers were kept); the intrigue on the home front, real; and the tension of living in enemy territory, intense."--Horn Book Magazine, November/December 2012

"Newbery Honor-winning author Avi offers a gripping view of the Revolutionary War through the eyes of a 12-year-old spy.... With language drawn from the period (and appended in a glossary) and historical events forming the tight framework of the tense, imagined drama, Avi offers an action-filled novel with wide classroom appeal."--Book Links, January 2013

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