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A review by vhp
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
4.0
My ds rates this book five stars!
I loved the way this book was written. The author did a good job in capturing the regional dialect and giving life to each of the characters.
I felt sorry for the man who's son was a drunken loser and killed a local girl. And I was happy when he helped the brother of this deceased girl.
Jethro is 9 when news of the shot fired at Fort Sumter reaches him and his family. Some of his brothers and cousins are fired up to join the fight on the Union side. But his book smart brother goes against the grain and joins the Confederate side.
There's ill will from the ruffians in the county about families that have sons who join the fed side of the war.
Jethro is 13 by the time the war is coming to an end, with a long road ahead for the family to come together, as well as the country.
I loved the way this book was written. The author did a good job in capturing the regional dialect and giving life to each of the characters.
I felt sorry for the man who's son was a drunken loser and killed a local girl. And I was happy when he helped the brother of this deceased girl.
Jethro is 9 when news of the shot fired at Fort Sumter reaches him and his family. Some of his brothers and cousins are fired up to join the fight on the Union side. But his book smart brother goes against the grain and joins the Confederate side.
There's ill will from the ruffians in the county about families that have sons who join the fed side of the war.
Jethro is 13 by the time the war is coming to an end, with a long road ahead for the family to come together, as well as the country.