Finishing Becca: A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold is a 1994 historical fiction novel for young adults written by Ann Rinaldi.

[2] However, Del Negro praised Rinaldi's character development, writing, "Rinaldi's evocation of the rip-roaring life and devil-be-damned personality of Peggy Shippen, which forms the real core of the story, makes you want to find out more about the people and the history--and that's certainly one of the goals of good historical fiction".

[2] School Library Journal's Ann W. Moore disagreed with this point, writing, "Given Becca's age and inexperience, her perceptiveness is unrealistic; her overwrought language is better suited to a Gothic romance."

Moore noted that in existing biographies aimed at an adult audience showcase these character's "complex personalities", but in this novel, "she's spoiled and manipulative and he's merely a selfish egotist".

The first issue Moore explores is that "Rinaldi continually relies on the fortuitous overhearing of conversations, chance meetings, and convenient letters to develop her plot".