Cover of The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

by Kristiana Gregory · 1996 · 173 pages

Book 2 of the Dear America series

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Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart records the despair and hope of the difficult winter between 1777-1778—when she witnessed George Washington readying his young soldiers on the frozen fields of Valley Forge.

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Genre
historical fictionwar and militarycoming of ageadventureliterary fiction
Themes
childhoodamerican history
Setting
american revolutionUSApennsylvania
Mood
nostalgia
Subject
history
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 173 pages
Form
diaryepistolary

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