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Lewin, Ted

Red Legs: A Drummer Boy of the Civil War

32 pp. | HarperCollins | May, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16024-7 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-688-16025-5 $$15.89
(3) K-3 After roll call and breakfast with other soldiers in his Union camp, nine-year-old Stephen drums his company into a battle. A stray bullet hits the drummer boy, and he dies on the battlefield. On the last page, Lewin reveals that Stephen is actually a contemporary boy participating in a Civil War reenactment with his father. Lewin's realistic watercolors add authenticity to this dramatic interpretation of historical events.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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