Thirteen year old Layla Rae and her brother are sent off to their grandfather’s ranch while her parents try to work on their crumbling marriage. Layla falls from her horse and breaks an ankle, becoming bedridden. She discovers a book about her ancestors who lived in Philadelphia when the British occupied the city during the Revolutionary War. Layla goes on a thrilling ride with her very own Founding Mother, whose courage and daring not only saves her cousin from prison, but quite possibly saves the American cause for liberty.