The Fighting Ground / Avi / 157 pages / Vintage Children's Literature Challenge

Thirteen year old Jonathan wants to do his part.  His older brother is off fighting with General Washington and is father is homebound due an injured leg.  When the tavern bell rings on April 3, 1778, Jonathan answers its call to arms, even though he is too young.  In a skirmish with Hessian soldiers, he is separated from his fellow troops and susequently take prisoner by the Hessians.  They encounter an abandoned two year old and discover that his parents have been killed.  Realizing the horror war, Jonathan learns that it is the American coroporal who killed them, as spies.  Avi has given the reader a first hand experience with the life, times, and horrors of the American Revolution.