At Battle in the Civil War: An Interactive Battlefield Adventure

by Allison Lassieur

Overview

The Civil War is a turning point in American history. It is both a war for freedom and a war that turns brother against brother. It is also a period of technological warfare. The most advanced weapons and tactics the world has ever seen make their appearance. Will you:  Fight as an infantryman in either the Union or Confederate Army? Fight as a Union or Confederate artillery soldier? Fight as a cavalry soldier for the Union or Confederate Army?  You Choose offers multiple perspectives on history, supporting Common Core reading standards and providing readers a front row seat to the past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491421499
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	You Choose: Battlefields Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	640L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Allison Lassieur has never had pop-star dreams, but she once sang in a choir that went on a multi-state tour on the way to Walt Disney World. Today she’s an award-winning author of more than 150 history and non-fiction books about everything from Ancient Rome to the International Space Station. Her books have received several Kirkus starred reviews and Booklist recommendations, and her historical novel Journey to a Promised Land was awarded the 2020 Kansas Library Association Notable Book Award, and Library of Congress Great Reads Book selection. Allison lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a scruffy, loveable mutt named Jingle Jack, and more books than she can count.

Table of Contents

The first modern war — Soldiers of war — Rolling out the big guns — Deadly riders — Nothing is the same.

Interviews

Choose your own path format puts kids in the driver's seat Series provides human context for key historical topics Engaging narrative nonfiction