{"product_id":"loyalist-runaway-donna-smyth-9780887800863","title":"Loyalist Runaway","description":"In the winter of 1782 Halifax is jammed with shabby refugees from the war in the rebellious American Colonies, with red- and blue-coated soldiers parading and carousing, with merchants and camp followers and all the parasites of war. Eleven-year-old Kitty Byles has lived half her life in this town since her family fled Boston in 1776, the first year of the conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow she has decided to run away. With her hair close-cropped and tucked under her cap, she signs on as a cabin boy on a coastal schooner, making her way to Boston and finally to the rebel armies camped outside still-loyal New York. She's bound to find her dear uncle Tommy, an outcast from her family since the day he took up arms against the King. Tommy introduces Kitty to a kindred spirit, Alexander, formerly enslaved and now in search of his family who have escaped to Nova Scotia. Together they devise a great plan to return to the new land they'll both call home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on actual diaries from the period, \u003ci\u003eLoyalist Runaway\u003c\/i\u003e is an action-packed account of one girl's gripping adventures during the American Revolutionary War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna Smyth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0887800866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780887800863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Formac Publishing Company Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Donna Smyth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517544247551,"sku":"9780887800863","price":8.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33ad8c61-e4ee-4da7-adf9-4a87a07ae8ce.jpg?v=1778732095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loyalist-runaway-donna-smyth-9780887800863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}