| Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story Contributor(s): Pinkney, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786753641 ISBN-13: 9780786753642 Publisher: West 26th Street Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Each of us has a silent thunder a quiet desire that rumbles from deep-down. For eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco, their secret dreams seem far out of reach. Both are slaves on a Virginia plantation in the year 1862. More than anything, Summer wants to learn to read and write. Rosco is eager to join the Union Army so that he can fight for the cause that would allow all people to be free. Told in alternating voices, this is a work of historical fiction by bestselling and award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney." |