Filigree's Midnight Ride

Join Filigree, a five-pound Pomeranian, as he stows away on Paul Revere’s midnight ride in this first book of the At the Heels of History series, inspired by important events and told through the eyes, ears, and noses of dogs.

Revolution has come to Boston!

Filigree may be a small puff of Pomeranian but he has a big, brave heart. As a dog of the Revere household, he’s ready to do his part to help the American colonists stand up to the British soldiers. But the other dogs, like Jove, Samuel Adams’s Newfoundland, and even Anvil the cat, think Filigree is a tiny little joke. Frances Revere is the only one who believes in him.

When Frances’s father, Paul Revere, leaves home on a secret mission, Frances and Filigree know they have to help, no matter how dangerous it might be.

Can Filigree help the Revolution, or will his small size just get in the way?

Pamela Berkman is the author of Her Infinite Variety: Stories of Shakespeare and the Women He Loved and The Falling Nun. Her short story “Duty” from Her Infinite Variety appears in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s leading national ELA curriculum, Collections, and the title story from The Falling Nun was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Pamela is an acquiring editor at North Atlantic Books and has worked in the publishing industry for over twenty years. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and twin sixth-graders.

Dorothy Hearst is the author of the Wolf Chronicles trilogy. She loves writing about canine characters, birds, and other creatures who can give us the chance to see ourselves in new ways. She is an acquiring editor, a martial artist, a self-defense instructor-in-training, an avid hiker and reader, and a dog lover. She is not entirely domesticated, but is very food motivated.

Claire Powell is an illustrator, writer, and designer who lives and works in London. She has spent several years as a design director in the world of channel rebranding working for clients such as Nickelodeon, BBC Three, CBBC, and BBC One. As a result of her broadcast experience Claire is very comfortable with narrative, pacing, storyboarding, movement, layout, and composition. Claire has a tendency towards humor and bright, bold use of color and she loves creating strong typographical layouts to help tell a story.