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Wilson, John

Death on the River

195 pp. | Orca | October, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55469-257-6 $18.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-55469-111-1 $12.95
(4) YA Jake Clay enlists in the Union army after his brother's death at Antietam. Quickly captured, Jake is marched to a Confederate prison camp. This dark, often grisly story effectively lingers on the camp's horrific conditions: overcrowding, starvation, contaminated water, inadequate shelter, disease, and death. Though the writing can be choppy, Wilson dramatically reveals the difficult choices Jake must make to survive.
Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

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