Book
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P Figg
- Published
- 2009
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Blue Sky Press/Scholastic
- Pages
- 224
- Words
- 45255
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4414890-the-mostly-true-adventures-of-homer-p-figg?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_43
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.6
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 950L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
Master storyteller Rodman Philbrick takes readers on a colorful journey as young Homer Figg sets off to follow his brother into the thick of the Civil War. Through a series of fascinating events, Homer's older brother has been illegally sold to the Union Army. It is up to Homer to find him and save him. Along the way, he encounters strange but real people of that era: two tricksters who steal his money, a snake-oil salesman, a hot-air balloonist, and finally, the Maine regiment who saved Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg and won the war for the Union. (copy continues)
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780545235099
- ISBN-10
- 054523509X
Tags
Children'sCivil WarFictionGettysburg