A terrific read for American Revolution enthusiasts as well as for younger readers just beginning to learn about and gain enthusiasm for the subject.

Young Roland is a member of the continental army, and this is the story of his exploits, culminating in the Battle of Saratoga.

For the most part I find battle scenes (real or imagined) in books to be boring, and though that’s somewhat true here, the book comes to life through the accounts of what happens between battles through cleverly imagined dialogue, the realties of camp life, and all of the ways in which one young man’s journey to assist America in gaining its independence might differ from even the man standing right next to him.

This is well structured and well paced, and doesn’t. drag like many imagined war narratives do.