Life in Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War was hard.  Food was scarce, towns were raided and occupied by the British, and even pewter dishes were taken from the shelves and given away to be melted down for bullets.  When a collection of pewter was made, Hannah Williams, aged 10, refused to give her dish, a lovely pewter plate.  She didn't realize how selfish this act was until her brother, John, was wounded in a battle. Then she understood that the war, the fight for freedom, was her her war, too, and was more important than anything else. How she made up for keeping the pewter plate is the story of this book.  There is excitement, hard work, Hannah's meeting with a general, and then with a spy.  At the end her pewter plate becomes as much of a hero as Hannah herself.

The historical background is authentic and, although the town is Providence, Rhode island, it could be any town, anywhere at that time, and Hannah could be any girl, any time, learning the hard and important lesson of sacrifice to a great cause.

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