Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary #1 (Hope's Revolutionary War Diaries)

In her diary, 9-year-old Hope Penny Potter, writes about her life in a baker's family, and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776. She witnesses the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence and meets Benjamin Franklin. But as tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots, Hope wonders if she will ever see Papa again. Her brother Ethan has announced that he is a Tory and has left home. Will her family ever be reunited? Or will the war keep them apart forever?