A review by rheren
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

5.0

I feel like the kids learned a lot of Civil War history and got a good sense for what it was like to live in a border state (at least, southern Illinois was like a border state in some respects). Some of the issues wrap up rather neatly, but in the end, despite the tough things that have to be dealt with, the book ends on a positive note with hope for the future. It doesn't sugar-coat the brutality and horror of the war, but also helps us identify with people in several different areas of the conflict.