While staying at her aunt's house, Elizabeth discovers something amazing hanging on the wall: a portrait of her ancestor, Eliza, who was known as Zee. The most surprising part? Zee looks exactly like Elizabeth! Soon, the lives of these two girls begin to intertwine. As Elizabeth explores her present-day world, she uncovers Zee's incredible story from the time of the American Revolution. Zee was a dreamer, full of hope for the future, until the fierce battles of the Revolution tore her family and her upstate New York community apart. Left entirely on her own, Zee had to struggle to survive and bravely follow her father and brother into the heart of the war. Zee's story has been waiting centuries to be rediscovered by the right person. As Elizabeth learns more about her brave ancestor, she walks the very same ground where Zee once stood and battles once raged. The past suddenly becomes as vivid, real, and exciting as the present in this beautiful story of family and history.