“They’ve gone now, and I’m alone at last. I have the whole night ahead of me, and I won’t waste a single moment of it . . . I want tonight to be long, as long as my life . . .” For young Private Peaceful, looking back over his childhood while he is on night watch in the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside: his mother, Charlie, Big Joe, and Molly — the love of his life. Too young to be enlisted, Thomas has followed his brother to war and now, every moment he spends thinking about his life, means another moment closer to danger.
In 1944, when her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret changes her mind about the school bully, Gordy, after she discovers he is hiding his own brother, a deserter. “There is plenty of action and page-turning suspense (and) much to ponder and reflect on as well.” — School Library Journal, starred review
Charley Quinn never ran away from a fight in his life. After all, he’s one of the Bowery Boys, the toughest street gang in New York City. So after his older brother is killed at Gettysburg, Charley vows revenge and enlists with the Union Army as a drummer boy.
