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Across Five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
We chose this book for a 7th grade unit on the Civil War with much trepidation. It's very slow, and boring. I was afraid it would fail miserably, but we already owned classroom sets and wanted to try it once. But...it was a success, and we will use this book next year as well!
It's a perfect book for an overview of the Civil War, because the characters live through the war and detail many key battles. It shows how families were divided, and how states were even divided. This story takes place in southern Illinois, which felt much more like Kentucky and Missouri (former slave states) than far away Chicago. The students thought the book was boring, but kept with it and learned more about the war than with other titles I've used.
It's a perfect book for an overview of the Civil War, because the characters live through the war and detail many key battles. It shows how families were divided, and how states were even divided. This story takes place in southern Illinois, which felt much more like Kentucky and Missouri (former slave states) than far away Chicago. The students thought the book was boring, but kept with it and learned more about the war than with other titles I've used.