Across Five Aprils

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Irene Hunt: Across Five Aprils (Hardcover, 2000, Pearson Prentice Hall)

Hardcover, 175 pages

English language

Published June 30, 2000 by Pearson Prentice Hall.

ISBN:
978-0-13-437499-4
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The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton—a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.

31 editions

Literally the worst book I have ever sat through.

20 years later, I still have a visceral response to this book from a class. You will be more entertained watching paint dry. The story is about a boy on a farm during the Civil War. Nothing happens, because it's far away from the war. Agonising.

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Subjects

  • Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Farm life
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Illinois
  • United States
  • Family - General
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children: Grades 4-6