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HAMILTON AND PEGGY! by L.M. Elliott

HAMILTON AND PEGGY!

A Revolutionary Friendship

by L.M. Elliott

Pub Date: Feb. 13th, 2018
ISBN: 978-0-06-267130-1
Publisher: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins

The story of Alexander Hamilton’s romance with Eliza Schuyler as seen through the eyes of her younger sister Peggy.

Set during the American Revolution, the tale offers the adventure of war, the family dynamic of sisterhood, and the drama of young love. Peggy Schuyler is a spirited young woman who feels overlooked in her large family as her two older sisters attract attention and suitors. This feeling only grows when George Washington’s aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, seeks her help in his efforts to woo her sister, Eliza. Their home is at the center of information about wartime conflicts in upstate New York and Canada, facilitating many cameos as well as glimpses at exchanges with the Oneida nation. In her relationships with her sisters, Peggy is supportive of the steadfast Eliza and occasionally exasperated by the more worldly Angelica. She carries out an amazing act of courage when British Loyalists storm their home looking for her father. While Elliott was inspired by Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton, her story is based on independent research, and her afterword is as readable as the novel itself. Like many historical novels for teens, the language is quite modern, and the narrative has a fast pace.

The demand for stories about the world of Alexander Hamilton shows no sign of letting up, and this entry ably feeds the need.

(Historical fiction. 13-18)