In the book Soldier's Secret Deb who is servant for a family and loves watching the men training for the war outside her bedroom window. It always interested her on what it was like to be a man so when she finds Sam's old breeches she decides to try them on. When she tried them on they were the most comfortable pieces of clothing she has ever worn and she never wants to take them off. It is this moment where Deborah decides she wants to see what it was like to be a man and she wants to join the war.
One day when she was watching the men outside she decided to put the breeches on and practice like they do. She was amazing at it and thought that God was telling her something... God was telling her to disguise has a man and join the army to fight in the war. She tries signing up for the war but when someone recognizes the way she writes she has to make a run for it, so she decides to walk to Boston and sign up for the war there. She got to Boston, signed up, and began training for 2 weeks. After that there is no turning back. She finds that once she is in training she made a huge mistake and wishes she hadn't signed up for anything. She faints while marching, makes best friends that she wishes she could tell them that she was a woman, and falls in love with a man who knows she is a man but has second guesses by the way Deb acts. She regrets many things like signing up for the war and lying to everyone but she also has wishes. Her number one wish is to tell her love that she is a woman...
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