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My son's class 4th grade class is now using it for a book discussion group based on his recommendation. Not only is this book fascinating for anyone interested in history it is one of the best written books for this age range even if you have no particular interest in the Civil War. I would highly recommend it for the concise descriptions of the characters who jump to life in only a few pages.
Towards the middle and the end of the battle, all of the characters, yes, all sixteen, realized how terrible war really was. Another chapter is about a boy who becomes a fife player so he can join the Confederacy. Another is about a New York artist who was hired to paint the battle that he was to witness. This book is in a very different type of writing, where each chapter is about a different person and the way they got to the Bull Run battle. I really recommend this book to you, Reader. I found myself looking forward to seeing who was in the next chapter. Later on, their thoughts of the battle are presented. For example, one of the chapters is about a slave who has to join the army by disguising himself as a white man.
So if you want to see what the ending is like than you have to read the book. That is all the characters so I would like to tell you what I thought about this book.I like this book because it really explains the characters in the first couple entries then they talk about whats happening during that time. Next there is Lilly Malloy who is very dull and glum all the time saying how mean here father can be. He has always wanted to kill a Yankee, but he couldn't join the army because he is to young. He's a person that came from Germany to join the army. Then he heard that he could join a band, so he did.
This book is about 8 Northern and 8 Southern people during the Civil War time.I'll introduce you to the 16 people. Next there is a 11 year old boy called Toby Boyce. Now there is a women named Flora Wheelworth and she has three daughters. Next there is a very dull doctor. Next is a very creative drawer called James Dacy, he goes with the soldiers and draws things for the New york Illustrated News. Now there is a guy named Dietrich Herz.
Up next there's a man called A.B. It's a really good ending because all the little things come together. He told the people that he could play the fife which was a lie, so they wanted to see if he really could so they gave him one and told him to play. Next there's a boy named Judah Jenkens, he usually doesn't have much to say. I will say that some of them are kind of dull and dreary all the time, but most of them want you to read on. You've read Bull run right. She is always happy and joyful. He is an Orphan that loves horses.
Up next is Gideon Adams, he is a negro that wants to start up a military for black people because blacks couldn't join the army. He hates doing his job but he has to keep the army healthy. Now there is a guy named Vergil Peavey who is always right full of energy. There is Colonel Oliver Brattle which is very cheery in the first couple entries.
He's a very wierd cab driver. Next there is a man named Edmund Upwing. Now there's a very spunky slave called Carlotta King. Up next there's a general that's called General Irvin McDowell. During the book many of the characters are really up and going, they want you to keep reading to see what happens in the next passage.
He is always looking to make money, he is very self centered.
If you want to know what happens at the end than you got to read it.
He also always wanted you to read on because he leaves off right at the best part.
He drives people to watch the war.
Now I'll introduce you to Shem Suggs.
Tilbury, he's a Mainer but he's never met a Southerner or he's never been across the Kenebec.
Up next is a person named Nathaniel Epp.
Her three son in laws are leaving to go to war.
He did and he could play it well.
Shem Suggs is the person who takes care of all the horses, that he watches pretty much like baby sitting the horses. In the story he sounds like he's from Texas also the way how he talks about the war like they were the big war heroes. Each character has a different story of the war and of life. I would suggest this book to anyone who is learning about the Civil War.
Another one of my favorite characters is Vergil Peavy. I think this is the best book that I have ever read. But the reason I really really like him is because he minds his own business and doesn't talk to people about the war and the politics all he talks to are his friends which are the horces. Even though this novel is very brilliant, some people might not like it. But the only way to find out the ending is to read the entire book and find out what happens for yourself. The best that I have ever read and if I liked it then for surely you will love it too, trust me.
This book was excellent from the first page I read. I thought that the Civil War was very, very boring but when our class started to read Bull Run I knew that I was wrong. Another was Carlotta King because she had a very spunky voice in this story like how the Yankees would get rid the of the law so that the slaves could be free and be in control of there own religion and what I mean by that is they can practice there own religion. I had to get use to it a little but since it wasn't very hard to read it only took a short time to adjust to the Bull Run story by Paul Fleischman. Before I read Bull Run I had only read books with one or two characters and this type of book was really, really new to me. And trust me it will be worth your while this truly is a magnificent book. And my last favorite character is Shem Suggs because he was the lonly one who likes to talk about horses and to horses also what they are like who they should be with. That is the reason why I like Shem Suggs the best out of all the other characters the best because he is smart.
The way that Paul Fleischman writes he would leave you wanting to read more. If they can not wait to know what happens to a favorite character, like one of my favorite characters Dietrick Herz. I think that he was my favorite character because of the way he sounds in the story. From the way Paul Fleischman described the characters to the words that Paul Flesichman use to set the tone of the characters he just seem to draw a cool picture of what is going on in your minds eye. Some of the characters that I really liked was Toby Boyce because he had a good attitude on trying to learn how to use the fife. When Paul Fleischman leaves you hanging he really leaves you hanging. It supplies you with a lot of information you might not get in the history book and tells it in a way that makes you want to learn. He had the funniest voice I ever heard.
Shem Suggs is the person who takes care of all the horses, that he watches pretty much like baby sitting the horses. In the story he sounds like he's from Texas also the way how he talks about the war like they were the big war heroes. Each character has a different story of the war and of life. I would suggest this book to anyone who is learning about the Civil War.
Another one of my favorite characters is Vergil Peavy. I think this is the best book that I have ever read. But the reason I really really like him is because he minds his own business and doesn't talk to people about the war and the politics all he talks to are his friends which are the horces. Even though this novel is very brilliant, some people might not like it. But the only way to find out the ending is to read the entire book and find out what happens for yourself. The best that I have ever read and if I liked it then for surely you will love it too, trust me.
This book was excellent from the first page I read. I thought that the Civil War was very, very boring but when our class started to read Bull Run I knew that I was wrong. Another was Carlotta King because she had a very spunky voice in this story like how the Yankees would get rid the of the law so that the slaves could be free and be in control of there own religion and what I mean by that is they can practice there own religion. I had to get use to it a little but since it wasn't very hard to read it only took a short time to adjust to the Bull Run story by Paul Fleischman. Before I read Bull Run I had only read books with one or two characters and this type of book was really, really new to me. And trust me it will be worth your while this truly is a magnificent book. And my last favorite character is Shem Suggs because he was the lonly one who likes to talk about horses and to horses also what they are like who they should be with. That is the reason why I like Shem Suggs the best out of all the other characters the best because he is smart.
The way that Paul Fleischman writes he would leave you wanting to read more. If they can not wait to know what happens to a favorite character, like one of my favorite characters Dietrick Herz. I think that he was my favorite character because of the way he sounds in the story. From the way Paul Fleischman described the characters to the words that Paul Flesichman use to set the tone of the characters he just seem to draw a cool picture of what is going on in your minds eye. Some of the characters that I really liked was Toby Boyce because he had a good attitude on trying to learn how to use the fife. When Paul Fleischman leaves you hanging he really leaves you hanging. It supplies you with a lot of information you might not get in the history book and tells it in a way that makes you want to learn. He had the funniest voice I ever heard.
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