A “rich, nail-biting thriller”

Have you had a chance to read Sophi­a’s War yet? Maybe dur­ing the hol­i­days? Pub­lish­ers Week­ly had this to say about the book:

New­bery Medal­ist Avi chan­nels the mood, lan­guage, and dan­ger of the Rev­o­lu­tion­ary War in this seam­less blend of his­to­ry and fic­tion, set in British-occu­pied New York City. Twelve-year-old Sophia Calder­wood idol­izes her old­er broth­er, William, a fer­vent Patri­ot sol­dier who has gone miss­ing after the Bat­tle of Brook­lyn. In the first half of the book, Sophia’s des­per­ate search for William leads her to sev­er­al deplorable pris­ons where rebels are being held. The sec­ond half takes place when Sophia, now 15, becomes a spy who uncov­ers the truth about Bene­dict Arnold. The book is chock­ful of fas­ci­nat­ing his­tor­i­cal details, includ­ing the con­di­tions for those strand­ed in New York and the failed meet­ings between Arnold and John André, his (real-life) British con­tact. Avi does­n’t sug­ar­coat the bru­tal real­i­ties of war as Sophia races to find help inter­cept­ing John André, who was also a board­er in her home years ear­li­er and her first crush, in this rich, nail-bit­ing thriller.