ISBN 13: 978-0-670-03838-7. Hard Cover, $16.99.Annotation:
Set in the Shenanndoah Valley during the Civil War. India Moody tells the story of coming of age during the Civil War.
Book Talk:
It is the year 1861. It is the year that everyone and everything changes forever.
India Moody is 12 years old. She lives in the Shennandoah Valley of Virginia. She has been sent to Emory Trimble for tutoring in the scriptures and handwriting. Emory is a scientist, and India quickly discovers a fascination with the world of chemistry and how things work. Emory encourages India to learn as much of the unwomanly world of science as she can.
War breaks out between the South and the North, and the Shennanhoah Valley lies in the heart of the battle. The idyllic valley in the middle of the mountains is where many skirmishes and battles of the Civil War take place.
India's father enlists in the Confederate Army. He is determined to work with the horses, and drive ambulances. Emory Trimble enlists in the Confederate Army. He is determined to take his knowledge of science and help out the soldiers by using some radical new science - he is going to boil his instruments before he uses them, and he is going to sterilize wounds before he sews them shut. And India's best friend, Julia Pardoe writes of a college in Ohio- Oberlin College- that will allow women to enroll and study. They have a scholarship program which will allow poor students to work off their tuition as they study.
But everything changes forever one night, under the Red Moon Over Sharpsburg.
Author Web Site: www.rosemarywells.com
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