"War is a jumbled mess of pride and fear and sadness." So thinks young Will Edmonds. He has daydreamed of being a hero like his brother Jacob, now a prisoner of war, and his dad, a doctor who has gone to heal wounded soldiers. When both the North and the South come to Gettysburg, a young Confederate soldier, Able, saves Will's life; Will saves the lives of captured slaves; and he is instrumental in getting important information to General Meade. Will at the Battle of Gettysburg, part of the Boys of Wartime series, puts the reader right in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg and shows us the humanity and inhumanity of war.
Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 2013-14
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