BOOK When will this cruel war be over by Denenberg

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@SATURN.PLANET.NET>]

When will this cruel war be over? [Dear America series]
by Barry Denenberg
       This is one of a series of fictional diaries, this one being
during the Civil War.  I was a third of the way through before I
established it was from the South (now as I write this I see on the
cover "Gordonsville, VA" - oh well).  For the beginning of the diary
you don't realize that this takes place  in a large home with many
servents.  Besides all the above I was got really wrapped up in the
story.  Normally these type of books are from the northern
perspecitive but this shows how horrible (and confusing)  it was to
live during this time.
      The book has a wonderful appendix giving the reader some
history along with an epilogue to wrap up the story of the
characters.  The epilogue gives one the feeling that this fictional
diary is based on some true lives, but nowhere does it say that.  I
would be nice to have a statement saying that all these people are
ficticious or not.  I was putting off reading this series which I got
at our book fair, but now I will anxiously read the others.  This one
is 156 p. and approachable to all the students in my 5-8 school.
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Frederick Muller
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