Relates how a fifteen-year-old free African-American soldier became a prisoner of war on a British warship, earned the respect of the captain by playing marbles with his son, and helped a fellow inmate escape. Reprint.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Historical / USA/Colonial + Revolutionary Periods, Boys + Men, Action + Adventure / General
- Age: 4-8 years
- Publisher: First Avenue Editions
- Pages: 48
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: February 1, 2009
- Date Published: February 1, 2009
- Author: Marty Rhodes Figley
- Illustrator: Craig Orback