Status
Available
Call number
DDC/MDS
| JF REE |
Publication
New York : London : Macmillan : Collier Macmillan, c1989.
Description
At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers a "traitor" because he refused to take part in the war.
Subjects
Language
Physical description
152 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
9780027758108
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1992)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1993)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 1992)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 1993)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 1991)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1993)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1993)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1992)
Cardinal Cup (Winner — 1990)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1991-1992)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1993)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1992)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1994)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 1990)
Josette Frank Award (Winner — 1989)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 1993)
Scott O'Dell Award (1990)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1994)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (10th Edition: 1988-1992)