| Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers Contributor(s): Paulsen, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440228387 ISBN-13: 9780440228387 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2000 Annotation: In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard left his farm and enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was fifteen. He didn't rightly know what a "shooting war" meant, or what he was fighting for. All he knew was that he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure. The shooting war meant the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival. It meant knowing how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. Waiting for death. And Charley learned: This is how it's done. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different. He was only nineteen, but he was a man said to have "soldier's heart". |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98010038 |
| Age Level: 12-UP |
| Grade Level: 7-UP |
| Lexile Measure: 1000(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.1" W x 6.7" L (0.15 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Features: Ikids, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Awards: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2001 |
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/09/2000 pg. 90 Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 978 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 20135 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure. The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue." |
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