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Nov 27, 2013 | ISBN 9780307827531 | Young Adult Buy
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Nov 27, 2013 | ISBN 9780307827531 | Young Adult
It’s 1861, and although Mike Kelly is far younger than the legal age of 16, he and his best friend Todd secretly join up with the Second Kansas Infantry and become army drummer boys. Mike’s dreams of glory end when he’s wounded at the bloody Battle of Wilson’s Creek and must begin a dangerous adventure behind enemy lines.
“In every story I write I give a great deal of thought to the main character, because the story is his, or hers. The direction of the story is determined by the main character’s ambitions and reactions. The main character… More about Joan Lowery Nixon
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