In 1861, 10-year-old Rachel Franklin and her family are pulled into the Civil War. On the night when Rachel must deliver an important message for Papa to save the lives of countless men, she learns the true meaning of bravery as a little rebel in petticoats.
In 1861, 10-year-old Rachel Franklin and her family are pulled into the Civil War. On the night when Rachel must deliver an important message for Papa...
Nine-year-old Jodie loves baseball more than anything. But in 1951 baseball is exclusively a boys' game, and, even though Jodie is a far better player than most boys her age, she is not allowed to join the team. Jodie's life is filled with even more frustrations and disappointments as she tries to untangle all of her family's old secrets. Every Sunday Mama delivers two roses: one to Daddy's grave and the other to a secret place. "You'll understand when you're older," Mama says. But Jodie wants to know now. All Jodie can do is help Mama make ends meet and hope that, one day soon, she will...
Nine-year-old Jodie loves baseball more than anything. But in 1951 baseball is exclusively a boys' game, and, even though Jodie is a far better player...
"It wasnt the thoughts of tomorrow that kept Charlie from his sleep. It was the sounds of todays fight that horrified him now. The cries of the wounded men left on the field burned in his ears. Men from both sides were suffering as they lay on the cold ground with no cover and no water. The sight of all the dead, who were no longer suffering but whose families would when they received the news, still played in his mind."
War is no place for a child, and yet many boys found themselves, for various reasons, in the middle of the fight during the War Between the States. For Johnny and Charlie,...
"It wasnt the thoughts of tomorrow that kept Charlie from his sleep. It was the sounds of todays fight that horrified him now. The cries of the wounde...
On a day that was meant to be filled with celebration and fanfare at the return of Captain Tod Carter, his family and sweetheart Sarah Beth feel a heavy anxiousness grow as the Federals set up camp in the front yard of the Carter House.
"Our plan isnt to attack here in Franklin," a Union general assures Tods father, Fount Carter. "We plan to move our men out as soon as possible to join forces with General Thomas in Nashville."
But events change quickly. The war that once seemed a distant tragedy is now at the Carters doorstep. Fate has dealt Fount Carter a hand of unexpected dilemmas. ...
On a day that was meant to be filled with celebration and fanfare at the return of Captain Tod Carter, his family and sweetheart Sarah Beth feel a hea...
