- Golden Kite Award
- An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
- An ALA Booklist Editor’s Choice
- Horn Book Fanfare
“It is startling to learn of the large number of very young soldiers whose lives were given to the war. This well-researched and readable account provides fresh insight into the human cost of a pivotal event in United States history.”
—Hornbook (starred)
“Even Nintendo-addicted preteens will find themselves immediately caught up in this dramatic and at times tragic book. From first chapter to last, this wrenching look at our nation’s bloodiest conflict through the eyes of its youthful participants serves up history both heartbreaking and enlightening.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
“The accounts of boys who served in the Union and Confederate armies bring to life, as no other versions can, the Civil War and all of its glories and horrors. An informative and moving work.”
—School Library Journal (starred)