M. H.B. Hughes
Fervent Patriots maintain iron control over 1777 Danbury Connecticut, but Joe Hamilton, 13, can't decide whom to believe: his pacifist father or his Patriot grandfather. Warned not to mix up in rebel business, sharp-witted Joe mixes into everyone’s business while trying to keep his father out of jail. Cannons roar, but the stakes reach deadly levels when locals prove more dangerous that the British invaders. Tar and feathers for Joe’s father or the hangman’s noose for his grandfather ─ what will follow the flames?