num_pages: 160
description: A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southern life as the Civil War rages at her doorstep and tears her family and her country apart.
language: English
title: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
titlecomplete: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (Dear America)
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Diary, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, War, Historical Fiction, Civil War, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 4590
places: Gordonsville, Virginia
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic