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

I read this book for a third time & I still think it's amazing!!! I plan on getting the second book sometime & I'm so looking forward to whatever adventure is involved in that one! ;) Abigail is such a sweet girl with such a good personality... I truly enjoyed this book & ,I for sure, recommend this book!!! The Dear America series is such a great series & a fun way to learn some history in between the pages! You will not regret... Read Full Review

My sister, Bonnie, found this delightful book at a thrift store. Every day she e-mails me a chapter or 2. We are many miles apart, and are reading this book together. It is a wonderful story.....Cjvp

I am reading the winter of red snow a dear American novial.abigail and her family is nerves because her mom just had a baby boy but tabigails other 6 brothers died of the harsh winters.when Abigail was holding john her sister thought it was her turn to hold him so they got into a fight and Abigail sent her sister scrambling to the floorwhich then her dress was cought on fire . After reading the second chapter winter of red... Read Full Review

In 1777 the Revolutionary War is going and it is the darkest part of the war for our patriots, the winter at Valley Forge. In her diary 11 year old Abigail (Abby) describes the soldiers marching in to the Valley poor, sickly,and frost bitten till their foot prints left blood in the snow. She writes "I shall never again complain." She also writes how she goes into the soldiers encampment with Lady Washington and helps the soldiers... Read Full Review

Abigail Jane Stewart, called Abby by her family and friends, is the narrator of this fictional diary. She is only eleven when the American army makes camp near her home in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in December of 1777. She and her older sister, Elisabeth, and younger sister, Sally, are worried about their mother and newborn brother, but they try to help the army in whatever way they can. Abby, her mother, and sisters do... Read Full Review