The Fighting Ground is a 1984 historical young-adult novel written by Edward Irving Wortis, under his pen name, Avi.

The book is about the disillusioning experience of a young teenager who runs away to fight in the American Revolutionary War.

He borrows a tavern owner's gun and joins a morning-long march to battle the German Hessians, who are allied with the British.

He develops some degree of Stockholm Syndrome, before escaping in the night back to the American army camp.

As he leads the American military to the house, they force Jonathan to see if the Hessians are awake or asleep.