Name: Just Jane
ISBN: 9780152054724

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Loyalties in Collision

A young woman’s search for independence unfolds amid divided family loyalties and the American Revolution.

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A personal coming-of-age story shaped by a nation at war
Romance and family conflict alongside revolutionary upheaval

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An eighteenth-century historical setting in Charlestown
A heroine trying to become herself amid competing loyalties

Book Details

Authors: William Lavender
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 1, 2005
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Colonial & Revolutionary YA · 19th-Century US YA
Reading lane: Colonial & Revolutionary YA

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YA Pet Stories
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Historical YA
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About This Book

When Lady Jane, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives in Charlestown, South Carolina, in 1776, she finds herself in the middle of a heated war--a war not only between her former country and her new home but one between the members of her own family, whose loyalties are strongly divided in America's fight for freedom. Torn by family feuds, the war, a secret romance, and her own growing need for independence, Jane struggles for the courage to become the person she want...

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When Lady Jane, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives in Charlestown, South Carolina, in 1776, she finds herself in the middle of a heated war--a war not only between her former country and her new home but one between the members of her own family, whose loyalties are strongly divided in America's fight for freedom. Torn by family feuds, the war, a secret romance, and her own growing need for independence, Jane struggles for the courage to become the person she wants to be: just Jane. Includes a reader's guide.