In this brilliant fictional tour de force that can be read as a novel or performed as readers\' theater, the Newbery Award-winning author recreates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of 16 participants--Northern and Southern, male and female, black and white.
Here are voices that tell of the dreams of glory, the grim reality, the hopes, horror, and folly of a nation discovering the true nature of war..
Northern and Southern, male and female, white and black.
Winner of the Scott O\'Dell Award for Historical Fiction * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children\'s Book In this brilliant fictional tour de force, which the New York Times called a deft, poignant novel, Newbery Medal-winning author Paul Fleischman re-creates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of sixteen participants.
In this brilliant fictional tour de force that can be read as a novel or performed as readers\' theater, the Newbery Award-winning author recreates the first great battle of the Civil War from the points of view of 16 participants--Northern and Southern, male and female, black and white
