num_pages: 214
description: UNDERCOVER IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATESWith the United States on the verge of civil war, Elijah Tully and his father ride out of Kansas as Jayhawkers, guerrilla fighters against slavery. After his father is killed, Lije goes undercover among the proslavery bushwhackers. Swept into a grisly raid, Lije unexpectedly stands face-to-face with his father's killer -- but is vengeance as simple as he once thought?
language: English
title: Jayhawker
titlecomplete: Jayhawker
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Civil War, Middle Grade, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 153
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: California Book Award
category: Juvenile (Silver)
publisher: HarperCollins