When the boy that Deborah Sampson plans to marry is killed during the American Revolution, Deborah Sampson decides to impersonate him so that she can join the Continental Army. The novel is based on the true story of a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. | I'm Deborah Sampson by Patrica Clapp, Paperback | Indigo Chapters