Title: Wind on the River
First published: 2000
Description: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, where he confronts his prejudices and learns what heroism really means.
Subjects: Indians of North America, Wars, Prejudices, Fiction, War, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Juvenile fiction, History, Children's fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, War, fiction, Prejudices, fiction, Indians of north america, wars, Indians of north america, fiction
Places: Great Plains, United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865