A Loyal Little Red-Coat: A Story of Child-Life in New York a Hundred Years Ago

The American Revolution has ended, but in the streets of 1783 New York, its wounds still smart. Hazel Boniface is a Loyalist girl who loves skating with her father and worrying about her friends' rights. But when she discovers her dear companion Job Ainsworth is the son of a Whig family, the war that adults fought suddenly feels much closer to home. As British soldiers occupy the city and displaced families knock on doors for help, Hazel must navigate a world where the划分 between Patriot and Loyalist runs through her own circle of friends. Written in 1890, this historical novel offers a rare and poignant child's-eye view of the Revolutionary War's aftermath, showing politics through the eyes of someone who just wants to skate on frozen ponds and keep her friends close. It captures the confusion of growing up when your world is being remade by forces you don't fully understand, and poses a question as old as war itself: what do you do when loyalty to a cause and loyalty to a friend point in opposite directions?