American girls collection. Caroline, 1812

Caroline Abbott's father is taken prisoner by a British soldier at the start of the War of 1812 and while he is away she helps her mother run the family's shipyard.

In 1812, ten-year-old Caroline, is frustrated because her friend Rhonda and cousin Lydia are acting too grown up to go skating and sledding.

Caroline's father has just returned when they receive frightening news--British warships are sailing to attack Sackets Harbor. Every grown man, including Papa, has been called to defend the village. Mama and Caroline are left alone to guard Abbott's Shipyard as the battlefront draws ever closer. Caroline knows she must be brave to keep Papa's shipyard safe. But when the battle seems lost, Mama gives her a terrible order: burn the shipyard to the ground....