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Title details for With Every Drop of Blood by James Lincoln Collier - Available

With Every Drop of Blood

A Novel of the Civil War

by James Lincoln Collier
Christopher Collier
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A vivid portrayal of the Civil War. Johnny, fourteen, convinces his mother to let him join a wagon train carrying food to Confederate soldiers. He has been brought up to believe that all blacks are stupid; thus, when captured by a black Union soldier who insists that Johnny teach him to read, he deliberately tricks him. The boy is surprised the soldier saves him from imprisonment and their relationship grows throughout the book.

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  • Release date

    December 1, 2012

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792787433
      • File size: 116514 KB
      • Duration: 04:02:44

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 820
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 1, 1994
      The Collier brothers ( My Brother Sam Is Dead ) here paint a strong, affecting picture of the Civil War era, of the grueling work and privations of the home front as well the chaos and carnage of the battlefield. When Pa is wounded in action in 1864 and comes home to die, he extracts a promise from Johnny, the book's 14-year-old narrator, to stay on their farm in Virginia and look after the family. But a few months after Pa's death, Johnny undertakes a dangerous mission to bring food into besieged Richmond--and maybe avenge his father's honor. Instead, he and the family's team of mules are captured by Blue Coats; even worse (to him), the soldiers are black, and the youth suffers the ignominy of taking orders from a former slave his own age, Cush Turner. At first Johnny takes advantage of his captor's kindliness, but ultimately he becomes friends with Cush and even saves his life. When the war ends, Cush and Johnny set off toward home together, the latter observing, ``For sure it is going to be a long time before kids of slaves and kids of slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood,'' but adding that staying friends is worth a try. The sensitive treatment of this unlikely relationship recalls Patricia Calvert's equally fine novel, Bigger . Ages 10-up.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      As Johnny's father lies dying from injuries he suffered at the hands of the North, he makes Johnny promise that he won't join the war effort. Narrator Alston Brown becomes Johnny in this poignant first-person account of the Civil War from a Southern perspective. He also excels at creating Yankee and African-American accents as well as the speech patterns of the day. When Johnny does join the Rebels, he's captured by a black Northern soldier, and their relationship takes a surprising turn. The dramatic descriptions of the battlefields and casualties put listeners right there. Both sides are accurately presented by careful research and a thoughtful presentation. At the end, the authors explain that, though the material is jarring, they've used appropriate terms. They also highlight what's true and what's conjecture. S.G.B. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 2, 1996
      PW called this work "a strong, affecting picture of the Civil War era... of the privations of the home front as well as the chaos and carnage of the battlefield." Ages 10-up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.9
  • Lexile® Measure:820
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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