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Fourteen-year-old Samantha Byrd is an excellent shot--she's even better than her brother at providing food for her family. Although the winds of war are blowing in Virginia, she knows that she could only ever use her skill for hunting--not for hurting another person. When the Revolutionary War finally begins, her brother is captured, and Samantha sets off to rescue him. But when she comes face to face with the enemy, will she still stand by her principles, or will she pull the trigger?

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Peter Roop graduated from Lawrence University to become an elementary-school teacher. In 1980 he got his master's degree in children's literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, where he studied with Newbery Medalist Scott O'Dell. Connie Roop isa high school environmental science teacher, and a recipient of the Women Leaders in Education Award from the American Association of University Women and a Kohl Education Foundation Award for Exceptional Teaching. Peter Roop graduated from Lawrence University to become an elementary school teacher. It was in his early teaching days that Roop first decided to try writing for children, and Roop persevered, writing and publishing his first short stories and articles while teaching in England. In 1980 he got his master's degree in children's literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston, where he studied with Newbery Medalist Scott O'Dell. Christina Moore is an actress and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. As an actress, she is best known for her roles in the television series That '70s Show, Hawthorne, and 90210. She is a founding member of Bitches Funny, an all-female sketch group that has performed in New York City and Los Angeles.

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