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4-6History Mysteries series.
Twelve-year-old Elspeth lives in 1775 North Carolina with her Scottish immigrant grandparents. Times are tense: local Patriots try to strong-arm Elspeth's grandfather into joining their cause, but he and the other MacKinnons join the Loyalists. This engaging mystery--who in the community is a clandestine Patriot? and who has betrayed the MacKinnons to the Patriots?--shows readers another aspect of the American Revolution.