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* [[Cool Horse]]: Goblin.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: At least, the above cover is lying if the boy's supposed to be Johnny, since he can't use a gun.
* [[Death by Newbery Medal]]: Well, there IS a war starting (and by ending the book when it did, they halved the body count). Dr. Warren was killed at Breeds/Bunker Hill shortly after the book ends.
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* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]: Isannah, bordering on [[Fille Fatale]] as she gets older and falls under Lavinia Lyte's influence.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: Johnny's hand again.
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* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Johnny can tell that Rab is worth knowing the moment he steps into the printer's shop, and it's Rab's "intelligent remark" about Johnny's hand that cements it.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Girls Love Their Papas]]: Lavinia Lyte may be spoiled, rich, and vain, but she's utterly devoted to her father and loves him more than anything.
* [[Fallen Princess]]: How Johnny's mother, a Lyte girl, ended up hoping her son could grow up to be a master silversmith at best and dying of a [[Incurable Cough of Death|vague disease]].
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Lieutenant [[Meaningful Name|Stranger]].
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* [[Rich Bitch]]: Lavinia Lyte.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: "A man can stand up."
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* [[Shot At Dawn]]
* [[The Stoic]]: Rab.
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