description: With fighting erupting around his Kansas farm, 16-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey can hardly wait to join the Union forces. When he infiltrates Colonel Watie's Confederate camp as a spy, he discovers the enemy is much like himself -- only fighting for a different cause.
language: English
title: Rifles For Watie
titlecomplete: Rifles For Watie
characters: Lucy Washbourne, Heifer Hobbs, Stand Watie, John Chadwick, Asa Clardy, Jefferson Davis Bussey, Noah Babbitt, David Gardner, Pete Millholland
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Childrens, Civil War, Young Adult, War, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 10419
places: Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -347126400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Recorded Books LLC