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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin by Karen Hesse
Amelia Martin is fifteen years old. Her mother stays at home and takes care of the house. Amelia's father is a lighthouse keeper. They live in Delaware. Delaware is considered a border state during the Civil War. Her parents' marriage is struggling because her father supports the Union and her mother supporst the Confederates. The story provides an outlook on how the Civil War tore families apart. -
Charlie Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty
Charlie Quinn is a boy from New York City. He runs away from home and joins the Union Army in Virginia. He becomes a drummer boy. Once the soldiers start to fight, the war is worse than he thought it would be. He runs away in panic and that is how he received the nickname "Skedaddle." -
Which Way Freedom? by Joyce Hansen
A young black slave, Obi, wants to be free. He thinks of a plan and shares it with Easter, another slave. Easter wants to go but she wants to bring a five-year old boy named Jason. A chance arrives but they are not able to take Jason. The confederates recapture Obi and Easter. Obi thinks of another plan but he doesn't think Easter will this time. -
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
During the end of the Civil War, Hannalee was sent to Indiana to work in a textile mill. Hannalee struggles to return back to her hometown in Georgia due to post-war complications.
