At a time when most people have grown weary of the war between the states, two young children are desperate to find their way to the battlefields.
About the Author: KAREN Schwabach grew up in upstate New York and lived for many years in Alaska, where she taught English as a second language in the Yup\'ik Inuit village of Chefornak..
Young readers who like their fiction filled with exciting historical details, rich characters, and action-packed adventures will be drawn to The Storm Before Atlanta.
But all that is threatened when they cross paths with the mysterious Charlie, a young Confederate soldier, who may look like the enemy but feels more like a friend.
Both Jeremy and Dulcie find a place with the 107th New York Volunteer Regiment and even start to forge a friendship.
For Dulcie, a runaway slave, freedom means she must head directly toward the fighting in the hopes that she\'ll become "contraband," that is, property of the Union troops.
Jeremy De Groot wants nothing more than to join a troop as a drummer boy.
At a time when most people have grown weary of the war between the states, two young children are desperate to find their way to the battlefields
