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Violence
Some
Revolutionary War combat; period violence
Language
None
Clean period language
Sexual Content
None
Mild romantic interest
Substance Use
Barely any
Period drinking
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Divided loyalties; moral choices under wartime pressure
What this book is about
Set during the American Revolution, this historical novel follows John Saxon, a young man of Loyalist sympathies who finds his loyalties tested as the war between colonists and the Crown makes neutrality impossible. As alliances shift and violence transforms the Carolina backcountry, Saxon must decide who he truly is and what he is willing to fight for. Lynde's early American novel is a sweeping story of honor, conflict, and the making of a nation through its individuals.
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Revolutionary War violence
Themes of political and personal loyalty
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