fluteplayer7's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent read for my daughter's 5th grade class reading group. I am the facilitator for this group. All of the kids really enjoyed this book. It also has quite a bit of Revolutionary War history in it, which supplemented what they are learning in history.
isitcertain's review against another edition
3.0
i know i read this, i used to own it, but i cannot tell you a single thing about it nor do i remember actually reading it
embingham's review against another edition
3.0
This book was hard for me to get through until the last 100 pages, and then it got much better. Large parts of the book felt like information dumps where the author was creating awkward conversations between characters just to deliver historical information. Once the plot finally picked up, I really did enjoy reading it and I will confess that it led to me googling several historical characters to see how accurately they were portrayed in the book.
iceangel9's review
4.0
A great bit of historical fiction with a female protagonist. Hannah, a 14-year-old orphan, is contracted out as an indentured servant by her cruel aunt. She ends of working for General Gage and becomes involved in the events leading up to the American Revolution. She has a special way with horses and is devastated when her aunt sells her beloved horse, Promise, to a neighbor. She finds a way through a secret tunnel to get outside Gage's compound so that, disguised as a boy, she can ride Promise at night. This leads to her harassing British soldiers and earns her the name of the Midnight Rider, though her identity remains a secret. A fun read!
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