num_pages: 176
description: Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.
language: English
title: The Perilous Road
titlecomplete: The Perilous Road
genres: Adventure, Historical, Childrens, American History, Juvenile, Civil War, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1396
places: Tennessee
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, awardedAt: -315590400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Clarion Books