NewberyUp a Road Slowly
Newbery Medal Winner
Book · Middle Grade
Across Five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
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Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War. A young boy's experiences during the Civil War in the backwoods of southern Illinois. One brother joins the Union forces, the other the Confederacy, and the family is divided. The unforgettable story of young Jethro Creighton who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War, by the Newbery Award-winning author of "Up a Road Slowly."
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