Bull Run | |
Author: | Paul Fleischman |
Subject: | American Civil War |
Genre: | Historical fiction |
Set In: | United States |
Bull Run is a historical novel for children by Paul Fleischman, published in 1993. It consists of sixteen monologues by participants in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. The novel has won several awards.
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Northerners: Lily Malloy, Gideon Adams, Dietrich Herz, James Dacy, Nathaniel Epp, General Irvin McDowell, A.B. Tilbury, Edmund Upwing, and Carlotta King
Southerners: Colonel Oliver Brattle, Shem Suggs, Toby Boyce, Virgil,
Bull Run won several awards, including the 2012 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and was named a Best Book by the School Library Journal, a Notable Children's Books by the American Library Association, and a Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English.