Braving the Fire
- ISBN-10
- 061822999X
- ISBN-13
- 9780618229994
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- John B. Severance
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jem joins the Union Army but is not sure of his motives or what he hopes to accomplish, particularly since the Civil War has divided his family and caused much violence and confusion in his life.
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