?Eighteen roses red, ? a wounded Rebel soldier whispers, and with those words thirteen-year-old Anne Elizabeth Brewster is drawn into a daring adventure. In a colony of New Jersey in 1777, the American Revolution is tearing apart Anne's family. And now a Rebel soldier lies near death in her home with an important message for General Washington?one that might well save many lives. Can she keep the coded message concealed and deliver it to General Washington in time?