Nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg finds a secret note from Ben, her father's apprentice who has run away to join the colonial army, and goes off to help him.
During a visit to her grandfather's plantation in Virginia during the summer of 1775, Felicity's loyalty is torn between her father and Ben, her father's apprentice who needs her help as he runs away to join George Washington's army of Patriots.
