When the Civil War breaks out, thirteen-year-old Orion Howe is determined to join his brother, who has enlisted as a musician in a Union regiment. But not even the perilous journey south prepares Orion for the horrors he'll find on the battlefield--or the courage he'll discover within.

"Wisler captures well the confusion of battle and the participants' fears of both cowardice and heroism....Compelling."--School Library Journal