Name: Turn Homeward, Hannalee
ISBN: 9780688166762

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Why It Clicks

Come here for

Civil War-era atmosphere
a sustained, layered narrative read

Expect

author’s familiar narrative pull
historical YA pacing

Book Details

Authors: Patricia Beatty, Various
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: June 21, 1999
Format: Paperback
Theme: Civil War Era · 19th-Century U.S.
Reading lane: Civil War Era

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US Biographies
The Classics
Girls & Young Women
Wars & Military History

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19th-Century U.S.
20th-Century U.S.
Civil War Era
Friendship

About This Book

As the Civil War comes to a close, resourceful Hannalee must find her way home. In this classic historical fiction for young readers, plucky twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. This powerful early-middle grade novel, based on historical events, reveals a little-known side to our most significant American conflict. "A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical inciden...

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As the Civil War comes to a close, resourceful Hannalee must find her way home. In this classic historical fiction for young readers, plucky twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. This powerful early-middle grade novel, based on historical events, reveals a little-known side to our most significant American conflict. "A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail." (S chool Library Journal) "There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform." ( Booklist)