Rebel Spy
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ALSO BY VERONICA ROSSI
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This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2020 by Veronica Rossi
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rossi, Veronica, author.
Title: Rebel spy / Veronica Rossi.
Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2020] | Audience: Ages 12 up | Audience: Grades 7–9 | Summary: In 1776, fifteen-year-old Francisca escapes a dangerous life in the Bahamas by posing as a wealthy shipwreck victim, and soon finds herself a spy for George Washington in New York.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019025641 | ISBN 978-1-5247-7122-5 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-5247-7125-6 (library binding) | ISBN 978-1-5247-7123-2 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Impersonation—Fiction. | Spies—Fiction. | Social classes—Fiction. | Love—Fiction. | United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783--Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.R7216 Reb 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
Ebook ISBN 9781524771232
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Contents
Cover
Also by Veronica Rossi
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Prisoner
Chapter 1: Wrecker
Chapter 2: Deeper Water
Chapter 3: God and Time
Chapter 4: A Girl Alone
Chapter 5: To Hide the Truth
Chapter 6: For the Blood
Chapter 7: Gravity
Chapter 8: Comet
Chapter 9: Lady
Chapter 10: Drawn from Memory
Chapter 11: Own Will
Chapter 12: Sword for Sonnet
Chapter 13: Across the River
Chapter 14: Every Minute and Every Moment
Chapter 15: Friends and Foes
Chapter 16: To Be Worthy
Chapter 17: Shot and Shell
Chapter 18: 355
Chapter 19: Blood and Thunder
Chapter 20: The Key