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Leander and Polly are two teenage Union soldiers who carry deep, dangerous secrets. Leander is underage when he enlists and Polly follows her father into war disguised as his son. The war proves life changing for both as they survive incredible odds. Leander struggles to be accepted as a man and loses his arm as a consequence. Polly mourns the death of her father, endures Andersonville Prison, and narrowly escapes the Sultana steamboat disaster. As...
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While most slaves are being freed now that the Civil War has ended, Eulinda's younger brother has been sold after being falsely accused of stealing and her older brother has run away, leaving thirteen-year-old Eulinda alone in a household headed by a cruel mistress and a master who will not acknowledge that Eulinda is his daughter.
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