num_pages: 192
description: Willy Freeman's life changes forever when she witnesses her father's death at the hands of the Redcoats and returns home to find that the British have taken her mother as a prisoner to New York City.Willy, disguised as a boy, begins her long search for her mother and luckily finds a haven at the famous Fraunces Tavern. But even with the help of Sam Fraunces and her fellow worker, Horace, Willy knows that to be black, female, and free leaves her open to danger at every turn. What will tomorrow bring?
language: English
title: War Comes to Willy Freeman
titlecomplete: War Comes to Willy Freeman (Arabus Family Saga, #1)
genres: Middle Grade, American Revolutionary War, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, War, American Revolution, Fiction
ratings_count: 327
series: Arabus Family Saga
publisher: Yearling