Dangerous Crossing

InFebruary1778,attheheightoftheRevolutionaryWar,theAmericanrepresentativefromMassachusetts,JohnAdams,issentonasecretmissiontoFrance.ItisdangeroustocrosstheAtlanticinwinter,butthesituationisdesperate-thecoloniesneedFrance'shelpagainsttheBritisharmy.Adamsisaccompaniedbyhisten-year-oldson,Johnny.Together,fatherandsonmustweatheranangryocean,perilousseabattles,andotherdangerstohelpthecoloniesachievefreedom.Vividillustrationsandafast-pacednarrativebringtolifethislittle-toldstoryofacharacter-definingeventinthelivesoftwofuturepresidents.