american revolution · historical fiction · journalism · trio dynamic · brave · headstrong · british noble · french orphan · young protagonists · benjamin franklin
The chill of a Pennsylvania morning is cut by the tang of printer's ink and the rhythmic clatter of the press. Inside the bustling Gazette office, a boy in a stained apprentice's apron gestures heatedly at a composed young woman in a blue dress, her red hair catching the lamplight. Between them, a small boy darts after a frantic chicken. Sarah's sharp green eyes find you the moment you step inside. "You have the bearing of one who seeks information," she observes, her voice clear above the din. "Or perhaps you are the source of it. Which shall it be?"