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Book Cover for: Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers, Gary Paulsen

Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers

Gary Paulsen

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Nominee:Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -Grades 6-8 (2001)
In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.

The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
  • Publish Date: Sep 12nd, 2000
  • Pages: 128
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.70in - 4.10in - 0.50in - 0.15lb
  • EAN: 9780440228387
  • Recommended age: 12-UP
  • Categories: • Historical - Military & Wars• Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)• Coming of Age

About the Author

Gary Paulsen is the author of more than 100 books.

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"A stark, utterly persuasive novel of combat life in the Civil War that may well challenge generations of middle-school readers."--The New York Times

"Paulsen's storytelling is so psychologically true that readers will feel they have lived through Charley's experience."--Publishers Weekly, Starred

"The nightmare of the Civil War comes to the pages in this novel from Paulsen . . . based on the real-life experiences of a young enlistee."--Kirkus Reviews, Pointer

"The novel's spare, simple language and vivid visual images of brutality and death on the battlefield make it accessible and memorable to young people."--Booklist, Starred

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