SuitabookFriendship and responsibility
Felicity finds Ben injured and hiding after trying to join the Patriot army; he asks her not to report him, recalling that he once kept her secret.
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Valerie Tripp - Author
The American Girls Collection - Author
This is a historical adventure about choosing how to help someone in trouble when friendship, family loyalty and political loyalties pull in different directions. Its plantation setting also opens onto slavery, though enslaved people remain in the background of Felicity’s experience.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a historical adventure about choosing how to help someone in trouble when friendship, family loyalty and political loyalties pull in different directions. Its plantation setting also opens onto slavery, though enslaved people remain in the background of Felicity’s experience.
Felicity finds Ben injured and hiding after trying to join the Patriot army; he asks her not to report him, recalling that he once kept her secret.
The main story depicts plantation routines through Felicity’s eyes; the Looking Back section explains slavery’s central role in plantation life.
Slavery and the Revolutionary-era conflict receive meaningful attention.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.