The Storm Before Atlanta

by Karen Schwabach

Book Overview

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. Jeremy DeGroot wants nothing more than to join a troop as a drummer boy. 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. Both Jeremy and Dulcie find a place with the 107th New York...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375858679
• ISBN13: 9780375858673
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7