In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army.
Ages 12 and up. Levine Querido.|||Grades 10-12. Levine Querido.|||adolescent
by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem ; translated by Kristen Gehrman.
Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
