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.
Northern and Southern, male and female, white and black. 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.