The author, Harold Keith interviewed, many Civil War veterans living in Oklahoma and found that he had enough information to write a historical novel. Despite the intended audience, this book is every bit as interesting for an adult reader. Describes jeff bussey as a 16-year-old kansas farm boy with brown eyes and dimpled chin. Jeff is a perfect model for how treating people with respect can happen even in war. Rifles for Watie is a book about the Civil War that is written for school age readers. Recommends rifles for watie, which has a message about not giving up jeff didnt give up in the war no matter how hard it got. When a person is on one side of a conflict, it is important to remember that people on the other side are also people. As a homeschool cooperative teacher commented: "The book has launched many discussions in our class. Thoroughly researched and based on firsthand accounts, Rifles for Watie “should hold a place with the best Civil War fiction for young people” ( The Horn Book).Ī strong choice for independent reading and for sharing in a classroom and for homeschooling. When he finds himself among enemy troops, he’ll have to put his life on the line to advance the Union cause. It’s 1861 in Linn County, Kansas, and Jeff is eager to fight for the North before the war is over, which he’s sure will be soon.īut weeks turn to months, the marches through fields and woods prove endless, hunger and exhaustion seem to take up permanent residence in Jeff’s bones, and he learns what it really means to fight in battle-and to lose friends. Winner of the Newbery Medal * An ALA Notable Children’s Book * Winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf AwardĪ captivating and richly detailed novel about one young soldier who saw the Civil War from both sides and lived to tell the tale.Įarnest, plain-spoken sixteen-year-old Jeff Bussey has finally gotten his father’s consent to join the Union volunteers.
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