| Shades of Gray | |
| Author: | Carolyn Reeder |
| Country: | United States |
| Set In: | Shenandoah Valley, 1865 |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's fiction, Historical Fiction |
| Pub Date: | 1989 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages: | 165 pp (1991 edition, paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0-380-71232-6 |
| Isbn Note: | (1991 paperback) |
| Congress: | PZ7.R25416 Sh 1989 |
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Shades of Gray is a 1989 novel by Carolyn Reeder about a boy named Will. At the end of the American Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, an orphan, is left to live with his aunt and uncle. He considers his uncle a traitor and a coward because he refuses to be a Confederate and take any part in the war at all. Gradually, Will learns the true meaning of courage.