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The Flags of War

By Wilson, John Dover

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As the American Civil War draws near, Nate MacGregor knows he must fight for his Southern homeland. Meanwhile, his cousin Walt in Canada West fears that due to the seizure of a Confederate ship with British envoys on board, Britain and her colonies could be drawn into the war -- on the side of the Confederate South, and slavery. Walt believes slavery is wrong. He could never fight in defense of it. Nate and Walt have never met, but as a country descends into chaos, a runaway slave named Sunday is about to change the cousins' lives forever.

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978-1-55337-567-8
Publisher
Kids Can Press


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Reviewed on February 1, 2005

Gr 5-7 Cousins Walt and Nate, both 15, know nothing of one another. Their grandfathers parted over the issue of slavery, and one settled in Canada while the other stayed in South Carolina. Now America is on the verge of the Civil War and both teens are soon caught by war fever. Walt is a Canadian farmer's son trying to figure out how the world works. Nate, the son of a plantation owner, must forsake his friendship with Sunday, a slave, whose t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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