Master storyteller and Newbery Medalist Avi shows exactly how personal politics can be in this "nail-biting thriller" (Publishers Weekly) set during the Revolutionary War following a young girl who becomes a spy for the American forces--now with a brand-new look just in time for America's 250th birthday!

In 1776, young Sophia Calderwood witnesses the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which is newly occupied by the British army. Sophia is horrified by the event and resolves to do all she can to help the American cause.

Recruited as a spy, she becomes a maid in the home of General Clinton, the supreme commander of the British forces in America. Through her work, she becomes aware that someone in the American army might be switching sides, and she uncovers a plot that will grievously damage the Americans if it succeeds.

But the identity of the would-be traitor is so shocking that no one believes her, and so Sophia decides to stop the treacherous plan herself, at great personal peril: She's young, she's a girl, and she's running out of time. And if she fails, she's facing an execution of her own.

Author: Avi
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Published: 05/19/2026
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9798347116546
Reissue Edition
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 153635 / Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution

About the Author
Avi is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead. He has won two Newbery Honors and many other awards for his fiction. He lives with his family in Colorado. Visit him at Avi-Writer.com.