num_pages: 40
description: A brave drummer boy marches along with Union soldiers in this powerful picture book.Li’l Dan, an enslaved boy on a Southern plantation, loves to play his drum. When a company of Union soldiers announce that the slaves have been set free, Dan has no place to go, so he follows the soldiers, who make him their mascot. But Confederate soldiers attack, and Dan discovers that he is the only one who can save his friends.
language: English
title: Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story
titlecomplete: Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story
genres: Historical, Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Civil War, War, Historical Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 51
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers