Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers -- Gary Paulsen, Paperback

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.

The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue."

Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Published: 09/12/2000
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780440228387
Age Range: 12-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 20135 / Soldier's Heart

Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/09/2000 pg. 90
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 978

About the Author
Gary Paulsen is the author of more than 100 books.