LitPick Review
Thirteen-year old Prudence Charlotte Rogers’s life is lonely. While her friends are spending time together, she is apprenticed to Miss Betty Ross and spends all her time sewing. As you can imagine, she is delighted when her friends tell her they need her help. Her friend Priscilla is betrothed without her parents' consent and needs to travel across the Delaware River to marry. Prudence agrees to plan a distraction, and she receives a red ribbon from Priscilla in return. Prudence decides that she and her friend, Jane Ann, will dress as boys going fishing and pretend to be in grave danger, while her other friend, Lizzie, stalls her father, the constable.
The next day, Prudence is shocked when her grandmother tells her that Priscilla and James (Priscilla's husband-to-be) were found drowned in the Delaware River. A letter with invisible ink hidden between the lines was found on Priscilla’s dead body. Prudence becomes even more upset when the constable arrives at her house and accuses her of being a traitor. After that, nearly everyone shuns her, including her friends. Lizzie’s parents send her to a boarding school so that Prudence cannot interact with her. Jane Ann is forbidden to talk to with Prudence. This leaves her very lonely. To make it all worse, the constable calls her to court and because of her red ribbon, tries to prove her guilty. She turns to Jane Ann for assistance, but even Jane Ann betrays her. What will she do? Who will save her? And who is the REAL traitor?
Opinion:
Twice Betrayed is a shocking book about the danger of spies during the Revolutionary War. It mixes truths with myths and twirls it into a mighty whirlwind. The plot tugs on your heart and pulls you in with its intense action. The end is a perfect conclusion to a great book. Twice Betrayed by Gayle C. Krause will make you laugh, gasp, and most certainly cry. If you don’t read this book, you are missing a very enthralling, exciting, and amazing story.
