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Readers will learn about Civil War-era clothes, schools, and the differences of life in the North and South.

Recounts author Abraham Nhial's experiences as an orphan in Sudan during the civil war, when his village was ravaged for not embracing Islam, covering his travels to Ethiopia, where he endured refugee camps before finding salvation through Christianity and resettling in the U.S.

Includes diary entries and personal letters to describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Traces the lives of two young boys from Sudan, Ayuel Leek and Beny Ngor Chol, who flee persecution in the form of starvation and violence, walk to Ethiopia, survive in refugee camps, and eventually reach the United States, where they are mentored in college so they can achieve their goal of helping other Sudanese.

Examines the roles children played in the North during the American Civil War and explores how they helped on farms and in factories, raised funds for war-related needs, and volunteered for a host of other duties including serving as drummer boys and aides.

Provides an inside look at the role children played in the American Revolution. Contains a series of accounts written by various historians detailing the heroic acts performed by children during the war and the hardships the children were forced to endure.

Tells the story of Lucy McRae and Willie Lord, survivors of the battle for Vicksburg in 1863, that describes how they lived in caves and underground bunkers as Union artillery bombarded the town for six week; and also tells of young Frederick Grant, son of Ulysses S. Grant, who witnessed the carnage of that battle.

A memoir of Emmanuel Jal's upbringing during the civil war in Sudan in the 1980s and conscription into the Christian Sudanese Liberation army as a child soldier, and covers his rescue and adoption by a British aid worker and success as a hip-hop recording artist and documentary film subject.

A memoir of Emmanuel Jal's upbringing during the civil war in Sudan in the 1980s and conscription into the Christian Sudanese Liberation army as a child soldier, and covers his rescue and adoption by a British aid worker and success as a hip-hop recording artist and documentary film subject.