Miller, Bobbi The Girls of Gettysburg, 148 p. Holiday House, 2014. $17. Language: PG (5 swears, 0 ‘f’); Violence: PG (death and fighting but not graphic); Mature Content: G.
Annie Gordon as disguised herself as a boy and left her family to join the Northern Army fighting during the American Civil War. Tillie Pierce is the daughter of a Gettysburg merchant, while Grace is the daughter of a free black family. All three will have their lives changed by the battle that is quickly about to happen.
By using three narrators with wildly varying perspectives, Miller paints a multi-dimensional portrait of the Gettysburg battles. She gives us a view of the town streets and the battlefields. While she may not be breaking too much new ground here, I think it is always important to have new voices.
EL, MS - OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
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