Turn Homeward, Hannalee - Paperback
by Patricia Beatty (Author), Various (Illustrator)
As the Civil War comes to a close, resourceful Hannalee must find her way home.
In this classic historical fiction for young readers, plucky twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia.
This powerful early-middle grade novel, based on historical events, reveals a little-known side to our most significant American conflict.
"A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail." (School Library Journal)
"There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform." (Booklist)
During the closing days of the Civil War, plucky 12-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. "A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail."--School Library Journal. Author's note.
"There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform." --Booklist
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