The secret mission of William Tuck

After seeing his brother murdered by the British, William leaves home to join the Patriot effort. Then, in the midst of a conflict, a dying soldier with an intricate watch and a secret message for a Patriot named James Armistead offers him a chance to avenge his brother's untimely death. As William begins his new mission he meets Rebecca, a girl who will do anything to get back at the men who kidnapped her father even pose as a boy. Together they embark on a cross-colony journey through a secret network of Patriot spies that leads them on a quest to find General Washington himself.