While dealing with her parents' separation and her best friend's distance, Amanda is able to work out some of her anxiety through her fifth-grade project--writing a diary from the point of view of a ten-year-old girl whose brothers fight on opposite sides in the Civil War.
year: 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: diaries, juvenile fiction, schools, interpersonal relations, family, maryland, family problems, fiction, united states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile fiction, maryland, fiction, 1861-1865, civil war