Against the odds, these ambitious young trailblazers follow their hearts, enrolling in pilot school (some in secret) and eventually flying for their countries in World War II. The year is 1927, and in America, England and Russia, three young girls share the dream of becoming pilots.

Robert lives in historic Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He has produced hundreds of cover illustrations for major publishers across the United States. Nowadays, his award-winning artwork appears on book covers and in magazines instead of on the refrigerator. Because Robert Papp's childhood drawings of his favorite superheros were such a pleasure, it was only natural that he would wind up an illustrator. The Scarlet Stockings Spy is her first book with Sleeping Bear Press. Trinka lives in Berrnardsville, New Jersey. She has authored and illustrated numerous books including the popular Jimmy's Boa series, which has been translated into six languages.

In The Scarlet Stockings Spy, Trinka Hakes Noble melds a suspenseful tale of devotion, sacrifice, and patriotism with the stark realities of our country's birth.Noted picture book author and illustrator Trinka Hakes Noble has pursued the study of children's book writing and illustrating in New York City at Parsons School of Design, the New School University, Caldecott medalist Uri Shulevitz's Greenwich Village Workshop, and New York University. As young America stands on the very brink of its fight for freedom, it becomes clear that even the smallest of citizens can play the largest of parts, and that the role of a patriot has nothing to do with age and everything to do with heart. But when childhood games become life-and-death actions, Maddy Rose is drawn ever deeper into events that will explode beyond her imagining. Still, everyday life must go on and young Maddy Rose must help her mother, especially since her father's death at the Battle of Princeton and now with her beloved brother Jonathan off with Washington's army. The rumble of war with the British grows louder each day, and spies for and against the Patriots are everywhere. Philadelphia 1777 is no place for the faint of heart.

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