Thirteen-year-old Isabel is in the midst of her own battle as the Revolutionary War is happening. for freedom. Isabel and her sister Ruth were promised freedom upon their owners' death. In a cruel twist of fate, they become the property of a wicked New York City couple the Locktons. The Locktons have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less sympathy for the girls. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he persuades her to spy on her owners who know details of British plans for invasion. At first she is hesitant but when the unimaginable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is to the side that can provide her and her sister with freedom.
