Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
Shadows on Society Hill (American Girl Mysteries) (American Girl: Addy Mysteries)
by Evelyn Coleman
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
Voices for Freedom (American Adventures)
by Gloria Whelan and Gwenyth Swain
Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.
Taken by the Enemy (Blue & Gray) (Blue and the Gray)
by Professor Oliver Optic
In 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi, outspoken fourteen-year-old Lizzie Stamford yields to her secret desire to join the Confederate Army disguised as a boy, but she quickly learns that neither war nor all Yankees are what she believed them to be.
After his father dies in a Civil War battle, twelve-year-old Jacob runs away from home to join his father's old regiment as a drummer boy.