Little Girl in Old Boston

Doris arrives in Boston as a stranger in a strange land, a young English orphan swept across the ocean to start anew in a city bracing for war. The year is 1812, and as tensions rise between America and Britain, Doris must find her place among the Leverett family who has taken her in, navigate the customs of a new country, and discover what home truly means when you've lost everything once before. Her journey unfolds against the cobblestones and tea parties of old Boston, where every whispered rumor of war and every small kindness shapes the woman she is becoming. Amanda M. Douglas renders the dramas of childhood with keen insight: the pain of not belonging, the terror of being a burden, and the quiet triumph of earning one's place in the world through courage and heart. This is historical fiction that understands how large the world feels to a small girl, and how, sometimes, the hardest journey is learning to trust again.