An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, now in paperback. Many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War were fought in the home. Oscie Mason knows this all too well. The first shots of the war were fired on her front lawn - a sign of things to come. Oscie's a proud daughter of the Old South, but her stepfather, Will McLean, thinks the world of her childhood must change. Oscie won't accept anything he has to say. And the tension between them is about to explode. To escape the war, Will McLean moves the family to a quiet town called Appomattox. But the war will follow them there, as sure as the hurtful battle will continue in Oscie's home, and in her heart. Can Oscie call a truce - or will all that she cherishes become a casualty of war? For two sisters growing up surrounded by the Civil War, there is conflict both outside and inside their house. - from Amzon