Schwabach, Karen.

The storm before Atlanta / Karen Schwabach. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2010. - 307 p. ; 22 cm.

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Ten-year-old Jeremy, a drummer boy, and Dulcie, a runaway slave who hopes to become "contraband" of the 107th New York Volunteer Regiment, become friends and form an unlikely alliance with Charlie, young Confederate soldier, and each helps the others learn truths about the Civil War, slavery, and freedom.

5.1. 3-6 Follett Library Resources.



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Freedom--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Drummers (Musicians)--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Fiction.
Georgia--History--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.S3988 / Sto 2010

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