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Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
Reader Score
73%
73% of readers
recommend this book
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.
Praise for this book
"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