Wind on the River

By Laurie Lawlor

Subjects: Indians of north america, fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, War, fiction, Fiction, Indians of north america, wars, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Wars, Children's fiction, Prejudices, fiction, War, Prejudices, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Indians of North America

Description: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, where he confronts his prejudices and learns what heroism really means.