The curse of the buttons
By: Anne Ylvisaker
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Somerville, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780763661380
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; River boats; Civil war
Description: When a steamboat arrives heralding the news that Iowa has been called up to represent the Union of the United States of America, Ike is beside himself with excitement. For months, the promise of war has enveloped small-town Keokuk like a grand game that everyone's in on - everyone but Ike, his swaybacked pony, and his best friend and checkers partner, Albirdie. Left behind with Mother and the aunts and girl cousins while the Button men march forth toward glory, Ike's fate is sealed.
Notes: Middle School.