Sophia's War

This book has been on my list for a while and I finally found time to read it along with my first leveled reading group of girls from LAST school year. Another group of fifth grade girls learned a lot and enjoyed this selection again this past school year. I like Avi’s detailed writing style which incorporates characters thoughts and feelings while also painting a vivid picture of the living conditions during the early years of the American Revolution. The strong willed and sensitive fictional Sophia is insterted into the well known saga of the famous traitor Benedict Arnold and British major John Andres.

The plot parallels the story line of another historical fiction book for adults that was also made into a television mini-series, TURN: Washingron’s Spies.