The Mostly True Adventures Of Homer P. Figg
By Rodman Philbrick.
Description
The 2010 Newbery Honor Book by highly acclaimed author Rodman Philbrick is now in paperback!In this Newbery Honor-winning page-turner, twelve-year-old orphan Homer runs away from Pine Swamp, Maine, to find his older brother, Harold, who has been sold into the Union Army. With laugh-aloud humor, Homer outwits and outruns a colorful assortment of civil War-era thieves, scallywags, and spies as he makes his way south, following clues that finally lead him to Gettysburg. Even through a hail of gunfire, Homer never loses heart--but will he find his brother? Or will it be too late? With engagin...
ISBN(s)
0439668212, 9780439668217