Irene Hunt and Tom Stechschulte - Across Five Aprils

Pros: Informative, well-done look at a boy in Civil War times.

Cons: Nothing

The Bottom Line: Best read with a child who might struggle with the dialect and to help provide background explanation. But a wonderful piece of historical fiction.

Review: It’s hardly a new concept that American families were torn asunder by the Civil War. Still, “Across Five Aprils” stands out as a particularly sharp and moving look at the family of Jethro Creighton, who is 9 years old and living on his family’s farm ...