Avi

One day, while driving to my home -- which was then in New Jersey -- I noticed a sign by the side of the road. The sign told about a tiny little battle -- the sign said "skirmish" -- that had taken place right at that spot during our Revolutionary War. Nothing important happened, just a little bit of war.

But I started to think about that little battle, and how, though little, it must have made a major impact on some people. After all, the sign said a few people died. It was thinking about that event that helped me to create this book.