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Disgusted by the violence of the John
Brown raid, George Adams adopts the state of Virginia and its
cause as his own.
As a boy growing up in 1860, however, all George wants to do is
find friends and be accepted. When he joins a gang, and
they include him in all of their mischief, George is ecstatic to
finally
be one of the boys. Unfortunately, when Fort Sumter is
fired upon and Virginia leaves the Union, George finds all of
his
friends signing up for the war
As a loyal member of the gang, George
goes along with them
and signs up to fight even though he is only 14.
Unfortunately
for George, the war does not go well for the South. Even
though they win the battles, the Army of Northern Virginia finds
the North destroying their countryside, and starving their
people. Finally the battle of Fredericksburg provides
George with his greatest challenge. When the North's cannons
destroy the city, George is horrified. With homes
shattered and families
destitute, George finds little comfort in yet another Southern
victory. Then when he saves a young orphan girl hiding in
the woods, George realizes that he is the only one who can keep
this poor, starving, young girl alive. The problem is that
he is a soldier who has to go off to fight, and she can't live
without him!
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