Author

Publication

1998-10-09 - Macmillan Children's Books

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Word Count

24000 words, Guess

Page Count

96 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.P2843 So 1998

Description

Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat.

First Sentence

He heard it all, Charley did; heard the drums and songs and slogans and knew what everybody and his rooster was crowing.

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryWar storiesWar, fictionJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionPost-traumatic stress disorder

Places

United States

Times

Civil War, 1861-1865

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