Eighteen Roses Red: A Young Girl's Heroic Mission in the Revolutionary War

by Ruth H. Maxwell

Eighteen roses red, a wounded Rebel soldier whispers, and with those words thirteen-year-old Anne Elizabeth Brewster is drawn into a daring adventure. In a colony of New Jersey in 1777, the American Revolution is tearing apart Anne s family. And now a Rebel soldier lies near death in her home with an important message for General Washington one that might well save many lives. Can she keep the coded message concealed and deliver it to General Washington in time?

126 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2006

Reviews

[Travelmaven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good addition to a classroom or school library. Imagines a young girl in the Revolutionary era, in a town with both Tories and Patriots and the entanglements and violence that lead to. She's asked to get a coded message to Washington. Discovering her bravery and self sufficiency along the way, she discovers she can make a difference in the war and in the lives of those she cares for.

[Kristen Fort]

I read this a long time ago and reviewed it for Yorktown's bookstore, and since I've been thinking about Yorktown lately, this came up. I remember liking it, remember it was carried in our bookstore along our Ann Rinaldi novels and whatever nonfiction we had for our younger history enthusiasts.

[Dondero · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a Civil War girl. In the story she goes out to deliver a message to General Washington and finds her brother. Historical fiction.

[Karen Moore-Halstead · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this for my 5th grade reading class. Good story. Kept my attention and left me wanting more. My 5th grade girls well love it.