Annie Henry and the Mysterious Stranger

Annie Henry is finding out that being the governor’s daughter in colonial Virginia is not the best way to spend one of the most important years of your life. Annie’s father, the great American patriot Patrick Henry, has been elected governor of Virginia. And that means 12-year-old Annie has a new home–the governor’s mansion in Williamsburg. Most girls would be thrilled with the excitement of such a position and the big-city life that comes with it. But to Annie, those things seem like more trouble than they’re worth.

There’s a scary stranger who keeps bothering her, simply because her dad is ” important.” And people in the capital city expect a politician’s daughter to act a certain way. Even her new school is very different than what she’s used to.

All in all, having to live in a strange place, apart from her old friends, is a little frightening to Annie. Especially when she realizes that as she’s changing, she’s growing apart from her father and feeling more and more like God is far away too.

Should she tell anyone about what’s going on–and about the mysterious man who just won’t leave her alone? Or is dealing with problems by herself part of what it means to ” grow up” ?

In this third book of the Adventures of the American Revolution series, Susan Olasky gives 8- to 12-year-olds an exciting look at life in the colonies during the time of America’s War of Independence.