Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold as historical characters remain fascinating as infamous traitors. The Shippen parents are hard pressed to remain neutral, good Quakers, and cope with their very different daughters. When she takes a position as maid to Peggy Shippen, she finds that more money doesn’t always make things easier. Becca has a brother with Washington at Valley Forge, a clever mother who sews and makes her cloth dyes for those still affluent in the city, and a stepfather whose loyalties are hidden even from his family. Becca’s family lost its wealth when her silversmith father died and in reduced circumstances has no buffer from the treacherous currents of loyalty in the young nation.
One of the best features of this young adult novel is the fine descriptive contrast of poor and wealthy in its American Revolution setting.
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