shipyards

Caroline knows that in order to fight the British, her village desperately needs its shipyards and supply boats and she will do whatever it takes to keep them out of enemy hands, then later, while helping on her uncle's farm, Caroline discovers that the war brings dangers there, too.

"Caroline knows that in order to fight the British, her village desperately needs its shipyards and supply boats and she will do whatever it takes to keep them out of enemy hands, then later, while helping on her uncle's farm, Caroline discovers that the war brings dangers there, too"--Provided by publisher.

It's 1812 and Caroline loves sailing on Lake Ontario with her Papa, but her world turns upside down when a British officer boards their sloop, and takes her father prisoner, in chapter-book format.

Caroline Abbott's father is taken prisoner by a British soldier at the start of the War of 1812 and while he is away she helps her mother run the family's shipyard.