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After Maria's father dies, her mother and brother are left to keep the family's newspaper business alive without him while she tends to her three small brothers, but when political pressures and financial hardships cause their only source of income to be put in jeopardy, Maria knows she has to take a more active role to keep The Viginia Gazette on the market. Teacher's Guide available.
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In Williamsburg, Virginia, two years before the start of the American Revolution, nine-year-old Maria worries that her mother will lose her contract to publish official reports and announcements of the British government because she prints anti-British articles in their family-run newspaper.In Williamsburg, Virginia, two years before the start of the American Revolution, nine-year-old Maria worries that her mother will lose her contract to publish official reports and announcements of the British government because she prints anti-British articles in their family-run newspaper.
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